Edexcel AEA 2016 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleAEA (Advanced Extension Award)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicVectors: Cross Product & Distances

3.The points \(A , B , C , D\) and \(E\) are five of the vertices of a rectangular cuboid and \(A E\) is a diagonal of the cuboid.With respect to a fixed origin \(O\) ,the position vectors of \(A , B , C\) and \(D\) are \(\mathbf { a , b , c }\) and d respectively,where $$\mathbf { a } = \left( \begin{array} { c } 1
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- 1 \end{array} \right) , \quad \mathbf { b } = \left( \begin{array} { c } 0
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- 8 \end{array} \right) , \quad \mathbf { c } = \left( \begin{array} { c }