Edexcel Paper 2 2018 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicVectors 3D & Lines

  1. Relative to a fixed origin \(O\),
    the point \(A\) has position vector \(( 2 \mathbf { i } + 3 \mathbf { j } - 4 \mathbf { k } )\),
    the point \(B\) has position vector ( \(4 \mathbf { i } - 2 \mathbf { j } + 3 \mathbf { k }\) ),
    and the point \(C\) has position vector ( \(a \mathbf { i } + 5 \mathbf { j } - 2 \mathbf { k }\) ), where \(a\) is a constant and \(a < 0 D\) is the point such that \(\overrightarrow { A B } = \overrightarrow { B D }\).
    1. Find the position vector of \(D\).
    Given \(| \overrightarrow { A C } | = 4\)
  2. find the value of \(a\).