In the diagram, OABCDEFG is a cuboid in which OA = 3 units, OC = 2 units and OD = 2 units. Unit vectors i, j and k are parallel to OA, OD and OC respectively. M is the midpoint of EF.
(a) Find the position vector of M.
The position vector of P is i + j + 2k.
(b) Calculate angle PAM.
(c) Find the exact length of the perpendicular from P to the line passing through O and M.
The diagram shows a pyramid OABCD with a horizontal rectangular base OABC. The sides OA and AB have lengths of 8 units and 6 units respectively. The point E on OB is such that OE = 2 units. The point D of the pyramid is 7 units vertically above E. Unit vectors i, j and k are parallel to OA, OC and ED respectively.
(i) Show that \(\overrightarrow{OE} = 1.6\mathbf{i} + 1.2\mathbf{j}\).
(ii) Use a scalar product to find angle BDO.
The diagram shows a three-dimensional shape. The base OAB is a horizontal triangle in which angle AOB is 90ยฐ. The side OBCD is a rectangle and the side OAD lies in a vertical plane. Unit vectors i and j are parallel to OA and OB respectively and the unit vector k is vertical. The position vectors of A, B and D are given by \(\overrightarrow{OA} = 8\mathbf{i}\), \(\overrightarrow{OB} = 5\mathbf{j}\) and \(\overrightarrow{OD} = 2\mathbf{i} + 4\mathbf{k}\).
(i) Express each of the vectors \(\overrightarrow{DA}\) and \(\overrightarrow{CA}\) in terms of i, j and k.
(ii) Use a scalar product to find angle CAD.
Fig. 1 shows a rectangle with sides of 7 units and 3 units from which a triangular corner has been removed, leaving a 5-sided polygon OABCD. The sides OA, AB, BC and DO have lengths of 7 units, 3 units, 3 units and 2 units respectively. Fig. 2 shows the polygon OABCD forming the horizontal base of a pyramid in which the point E is 8 units vertically above D. Unit vectors i, j and k are parallel to OA, OD and DE respectively.
(i) Find \(\overrightarrow{CE}\) and the length of \(CE\).
(ii) Use a scalar product to find angle ECA, giving your answer in the form \(\cos^{-1} \left( \frac{m}{\sqrt{n}} \right)\), where m and n are integers.
The diagram shows a trapezium \(OABC\) in which \(OA\) is parallel to \(CB\). The position vectors of \(A\) and \(B\) relative to the origin \(O\) are given by \(\overrightarrow{OA} = \begin{pmatrix} -2 \\ -2 \\ -1 \end{pmatrix}\) and \(\overrightarrow{OB} = \begin{pmatrix} 6 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix}\).
(i) Show that angle \(OAB\) is \(90^\circ\).
The magnitude of \(\overrightarrow{CB}\) is three times the magnitude of \(\overrightarrow{OA}\).
(ii) Find the position vector of \(C\).
(iii) Find the exact area of the trapezium \(OABC\), giving your answer in the form \(a\sqrt{b}\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers.