CAIE P3 2020 November — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP3 (Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2020
SessionNovember
TopicVectors: Cross Product & Distances

8 With respect to the origin \(O\), the position vectors of the points \(A , B , C\) and \(D\) are given by $$\overrightarrow { O A } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 2
1
5 \end{array} \right) , \quad \overrightarrow { O B } = \left( \begin{array} { r } 4
- 1
1 \end{array} \right) , \quad \overrightarrow { O C } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 1
1
2 \end{array} \right) \quad \text { and } \quad \overrightarrow { O D } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 3
2
3 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Show that \(A B = 2 C D\).
  2. Find the angle between the directions of \(\overrightarrow { A B }\) and \(\overrightarrow { C D }\).
  3. Show that the line through \(A\) and \(B\) does not intersect the line through \(C\) and \(D\).