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IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL · AHL 4: Vectors · AHL 4.4

Magnitude of a vector and unit vectors Problem set B Answers

Skills

    1. (a) \(11\)
    2. (b) \(\sqrt{69}\)
  1. \(13\)

  2. \(\begin{pmatrix}- \frac{6}{7} \\ \frac{2}{7} \\ \frac{3}{7}\end{pmatrix}\text{ and }\begin{pmatrix}\frac{6}{7} \\ - \frac{2}{7} \\ - \frac{3}{7}\end{pmatrix}\)

    1. (a) \(\frac{6}{11}\mathbf{i}- \frac{7}{11}\mathbf{j}+\frac{6}{11}\mathbf{k}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}(3\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j})\)

In context

  1. \(\begin{pmatrix}6 \\ 9 \\ 18\end{pmatrix}\)

  2. \(\begin{pmatrix}3 \sqrt{6} \\ - 6 \sqrt{6} \\ 3 \sqrt{6}\end{pmatrix}\)

  3. \(18.8\) m

Stretch

  1. \(k=\pm\frac{1}{7}\)

  2. \(\begin{pmatrix}\frac{16 \sqrt{5}}{5} \\ 0 \\ - \frac{8 \sqrt{5}}{5}\end{pmatrix}\text{ and }\begin{pmatrix}- \frac{16 \sqrt{5}}{5} \\ 0 \\ \frac{8 \sqrt{5}}{5}\end{pmatrix}\)

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