OCR MEI C4 — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC4 (Core Mathematics 4)
TopicVectors 3D & Lines

4 You are given that \(\mathbf { a } = \left( \begin{array} { c } 1
2
- 1 \end{array} \right)\) and \(\mathbf { b } = \left( \begin{array} { c } 3
- 1
k \end{array} \right)\).
  1. Find the angle between \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { b }\) when \(k = 2\).
  2. Find the value of \(k\) such that \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { b }\) are perpendicular.