Sum difference
use of sum and difference of two vectors to express given vectors in terms of two coplanar vectors
Practice questions
- 1In the diagram, OA=6a, OB=6b and 3AN=AB.…
- 2In the diagram, OABC is a parallelogram and D is the midpoint of BC. BE and OC produced intersect at point F. It is give…
- 3ABCD is a parallelogram. A is the point (−6,−2) and B is the point (−4,−7). BC=(8−2)…
- 4It is given that PQ=(−56) and the position vector of P is (2−4)…
- 5In the diagram, OA=21AP and OB=41OQ. M is the mi…
- 6CBEO is a parallelogram. The position vectors of C and E, relative to O, are a and b respectively.…
- 7A is the point (2,3) and B is the point (3,-5). Find the equation of the line AB. Answer ... Find the length of AB. Answ…
- 8OABC is a trapezium. OA=a, OC=2c and CB=2a. OP:PB=1:3.…
- 9OABD is a parallelogram. O is the origin. A is the point (-7, 3) and AB=(412)…
- 10ABC is a triangle. D is the point on BC such that 3BD = 2DC. Find AD in terms of m and n. Answer ... R is on AD produced…
- 11OBC, ADC, AEB and OED are straight lines. OA=a and OB=b. OB=31OC, AE:EB=3:2…
- 12The position vector of A is (34) and the position vector of B is (710)…
- 13ORS is a triangle. J is a point on RS such that RJ:JS=3:2. OR=r and OS=s.…
- 14The position vector of point X is (8−4). The position vector of point Y is (64)…
- 15In the diagram ABCD is a parallelogram. The diagonal AC and BD intersect at E. AF=2p and AB=6p+4q…
- 16In the diagram, OA=a and OB=b. 2OB=3BC,OD=3OA,and 2AX=XB.…
- 17PQR is a triangle. PQ=(2−3), PR=(−39)…
- 18AB=(−39), BC=(25), CD=(d4).…
- 19The position vector of point Q is (−7−3) and the position vector of point R is (51)…
- 20The figure shows a triangle ABC. E is the mid-point of AC. AB=3a and AC=3c. K lies on EB such…
- 21The figure shows a rectangle ABCD with AD = 15 cm. E is on DC produced such that DE = 8 cm. The area of shaded part X is…
- 22The points A, B and C have coordinates (1, 0), (3, 7) and (3, 5) respectively. Find ∠BAC. Answer ___
- 23Point A is translated to point B by the vector (−54). The position vector of point B is (38)…
- 24The position vectors of points A and B are (−93) and (1−12)…