Given that the coordinates of A is (2, -3), and .
- (a)
Find the value of k if ABFE is a parallelogram.
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- (b)
Find the coordinates of B.
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- (c)
C is the point (6, -10).
Justify if A, B and C are collinear.
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14(a)
1. Relate the given vectors using the parallelogram property
In parallelogram , and are opposite sides but in opposite directions.
So,
2. Substitute the given vectors and solve for $k$
Given
Hence
Comparing components,
14(b)
1. Add the displacement vector $\overrightarrow{AB}$ to the coordinates of $A$
Since and ,
14(c)
1. Find the vector from A to C
Given and ,
2. Compare $\overrightarrow{AB}$ and $\overrightarrow{AC}$ to justify collinearity
For collinearity, one vector must be a scalar multiple of the other.
But
So is not parallel to .
Since and are not scalar multiples, A, B and C are not collinear.
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