Edexcel PMT Mocks — Question 9

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePMT Mocks (PMT Mocks)
TopicVectors: Cross Product & Distances

9. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{48f9a252-61a2-491d-94d0-8470aee96942-12_451_519_328_717} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} Figure 3 shows a sketch of a parallelogram \(X A P B\).
Given that \(\overrightarrow { O X } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 1
2
3 \end{array} \right)\) $$\begin{aligned} & \overrightarrow { O A } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 0
4
1 \end{array} \right)
& \overrightarrow { O B } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 3
3
1 \end{array} \right) \end{aligned}$$ a. Find the coordinates of the point \(P\).
b. Show that \(X A P B\) is a rhombus.
c. Find the exact area of the rhombus \(X A P B\).