3.12 Vectors: concepts and algebraIB Maths: Analysis and Approaches HL: Subtopic test
10 questions, 27 marks
IB Maths: Analysis and Approaches HL
3.12 Vectors: concepts and algebra
Total 27 marks
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- 1The points , and have coordinates , and .(a)Find .[1 mark]
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(b)Find the distance .[1 mark]- A
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- C
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(c)Find a unit vector in the direction of .[2 marks]Total for question 1: 4 marks
- 2The vectors and are given by and .(a)Find .[1 mark]
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(b)Which vector has magnitude 6 and the same direction as ?[1 mark]- A
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(c)The vector is parallel to . Find the value of and the value of .[2 marks]Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3, , and are four points in space, not necessarily in one plane, with position vectors , , and relative to an origin . The points , , and are the midpoints of , , and respectively.(a)Show that .[3 marks](b)Hence prove that is a parallelogram.[4 marks]
Total for question 3: 7 marks
- 4A drone takes off from the point on flat ground. Distances are in metres, with pointing east, pointing north and vertically upwards, and as the origin. The drone flies in a straight line from to , then in a straight line from to . Its battery allows a total flight distance of at most 450 m. A camera is fixed at the point .(a)(i) Find and the distance from to .[6 marks]
(ii) After reaching , the drone is to fly in a straight line back to . Determine whether its battery allows this.(b)The point lies on the line segment such that .[6 marks]
(i) Find the coordinates of .
(ii) Show that , and are collinear, and find the ratio .Total for question 4: 12 marks
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