CAIE FP1 2011 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicVectors: Cross Product & Distances

6 The line \(l _ { 1 }\) passes through the point with position vector \(8 \mathbf { i } + 8 \mathbf { j } - 7 \mathbf { k }\) and is parallel to the vector \(4 \mathbf { i } + 3 \mathbf { j }\). The line \(l _ { 2 }\) passes through the point with position vector \(7 \mathbf { i } - 2 \mathbf { j } + 4 \mathbf { k }\) and is parallel to the vector \(4 \mathbf { i } - \mathbf { k }\). The point \(P\) on \(l _ { 1 }\) and the point \(Q\) on \(l _ { 2 }\) are such that \(P Q\) is perpendicular to both \(l _ { 1 }\) and \(l _ { 2 }\). In either order,
  1. show that \(P Q = 13\),
  2. find the position vectors of \(P\) and \(Q\).