OCR FP3 2011 June — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicVector Product and Surfaces

7 (In this question, the notation \(\triangle A B C\) denotes the area of the triangle \(A B C\).)
The points \(P , Q\) and \(R\) have position vectors \(p \mathbf { i } , q \mathbf { j }\) and \(r \mathbf { k }\) respectively, relative to the origin \(O\), where \(p , q\) and \(r\) are positive. The points \(O , P , Q\) and \(R\) are joined to form a tetrahedron.
  1. Draw a sketch of the tetrahedron and write down the values of \(\triangle O P Q , \triangle O Q R\) and \(\triangle O R P\).
  2. Use the definition of the vector product to show that \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } | \overrightarrow { R P } \times \overrightarrow { R Q } | = \Delta P Q R\).
  3. Show that \(( \triangle O P Q ) ^ { 2 } + ( \triangle O Q R ) ^ { 2 } + ( \triangle O R P ) ^ { 2 } = ( \triangle P Q R ) ^ { 2 }\).
  4. Use de Moivre's theorem to express \(\cos 4 \theta\) as a polynomial in \(\cos \theta\).
  5. Hence prove that \(\cos 4 \theta \cos 2 \theta \equiv 16 \cos ^ { 6 } \theta - 24 \cos ^ { 4 } \theta + 10 \cos ^ { 2 } \theta - 1\).
  6. Use part (ii) to show that the only roots of the equation \(\cos 4 \theta \cos 2 \theta = 1\) are \(\theta = n \pi\), where \(n\) is an integer.
  7. Show that \(\cos 4 \theta \cos 2 \theta = - 1\) only when \(\cos \theta = 0\).