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12.3 Solving Geometric Problems

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The points A A\,A and B B\,B have position vectors (21−3)\begin{pmatrix} 2 \\ 1 \\ -3 \end{pmatrix}​21−3​​ and (5−10)\begin{pmatrix} 5 \\ -1 \\ 0 \end{pmatrix}​5−10​​ respectively.

a.

Find the exact length of ABABAB.

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b.

Find the position vector of the midpoint of ABABAB.

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c.

The points P P\,P and Q Q\,Q have position vectors (421)\begin{pmatrix} 4 \\ 2 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix}​421​​ and (14−2)\begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ 4 \\ -2 \end{pmatrix}​14−2​​ respectively. Show that ABPQ ABPQ\,ABPQ is a parallelogram.

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12.3 Solving Geometric Problems Questions

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