Vectors and Vector Geometry
Vectors and Vector Geometry
Vectors and Vector Geometry
GEOMETRY
1 Draw these vectors on the grid.
B
5
a AB 2
2 A
5 2 G
1 1 F
b CD C 3
3
3
4 H
3
c EF D
4
3 E
2
d GH
3
2 8
a
6
Find the magnitude of the vector a.
|a|2 = 82 + 62
a
|a| = 64 + 36
2 6
|a|2 = 100
|a| = 10
8
Magnitude of the vector a is 10.
3 OABC is a parallelogram. C B
M
is the midpoint
of AB.
OA a and OC c
Find in terms of a and c.
c M
a CB OA a
b BA OC c
c OB OA AB a c a
O A
d CA CO OA c a
e OM OA AM OA 21 AB a 21 b
4 P and Q are the midpoints of O
sides OA and OB.
OP p and OQ q p q
Find in terms of p and q.
P Q
a OA 2p
b BA BO OA 2q 2q
A B
c AQ AO OQ 2p q
d PB PO OB p 2q
5 AP : PB = 2 : 1 A
OA a and OB b
Find in terms of a and b.
a
a AB AO OB
a b P
2 O
b AP AB
3
b
2
a b B
3
c OP OA AP
2
a a b
3
1 2
a b
3 3