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1.11 Vectors

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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.

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Find the exact length of ABABAB.

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b.

Find the position vector of the midpoint of ABABAB.

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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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1.11 Vectors Questions

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168 exam-style questions on OCR (MEI) A Level Maths 1.11 Vectors, covering 1.11.1 Language of vectors in two dimensions, 1.11.2 Add, subtract and scale vectors, 1.11.3 Magnitude and direction of a vector, 1.11.4 Position vectors, 1.11.5 Distance between points by position vectors, 1.11.6 Vectors to solve problems, 1.11.7 Language of vectors in three dimensions (A-level only), and 1.11 Vectors. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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