OBC, ADC, AEB and OED are straight lines.
OA→=a\overrightarrow{OA}=a and OB→=b\overrightarrow{OB}=b.
OB=13OCOB=\dfrac{1}{3}OC, AE:EB=3:2AE:EB=3:2 and OE:ED=1:1OE:ED=1:1.

  1. (a)

    Find OE→\overrightarrow{OE} in terms of aa and/or bb as simply as possible.

    Answer: OE→=\overrightarrow{OE}=\rule{6cm}{0.4pt}

  2. (b)

    Find the value of area of ΔOBE\Delta OBE / area of BEDCBEDC.

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24(a)

1. Express $\overrightarrow{AB}$ in terms of $a$ and $b$.

AB→=OB→−OA→=b−a\overrightarrow{AB}=\overrightarrow{OB}-\overrightarrow{OA}=b-a

2. Use the ratio $AE:EB=3:2$ to find $\overrightarrow{OE}$.

Since AE:EB=3:2AE:EB=3:2, AE→=35AB→=35(b−a).\overrightarrow{AE}=\frac{3}{5}\overrightarrow{AB}=\frac{3}{5}(b-a). Hence OE→=OA→+AE→=a+35(b−a)=25a+35b.\overrightarrow{OE}=\overrightarrow{OA}+\overrightarrow{AE}=a+\frac{3}{5}(b-a)=\frac{2}{5}a+\frac{3}{5}b.

Answer

OE→=2a+3b5\overrightarrow{OE}=\dfrac{2a+3b}{5}

24(b)

1. Compare the area of $\triangle ODC$ with the area of $\triangle OBE$.

Since OB=13OCOB=\dfrac13OC, we have OC=3OBOC=3OB.

Since OE:ED=1:1OE:ED=1:1, EE is the midpoint of ODOD, so OD=2OEOD=2OE.

Taking bases on the same straight line OBCOBC and corresponding heights from EE and DD,
area of △ODC=3×2×area of △OBE=6×area of △OBE.\text{area of }\triangle ODC=3\times 2\times \text{area of }\triangle OBE=6\times \text{area of }\triangle OBE.

2. Find the required ratio by subtracting $\triangle OBE$ from $\triangle ODC$.

The quadrilateral BEDCBEDC is the part of △ODC\triangle ODC outside △OBE\triangle OBE.

Let area of △OBE=x\text{area of }\triangle OBE=x.

Then
area of BEDC=6x−x=5x.\text{area of }BEDC=6x-x=5x.

Therefore
area of △OBEarea of BEDC=x5x=15.\frac{\text{area of }\triangle OBE}{\text{area of }BEDC}=\frac{x}{5x}=\frac15.

Answer

area of △OBEarea of BEDC=15\dfrac{\text{area of }\triangle OBE}{\text{area of }BEDC}=\dfrac{1}{5}

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