CAIE P1 2004 June — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2004
SessionJune
TopicVectors: Lines & Planes

9 Relative to an origin \(O\), the position vectors of the points \(A , B , C\) and \(D\) are given by $$\overrightarrow { O A } = \left( \begin{array} { r } 1
3
- 1 \end{array} \right) , \quad \overrightarrow { O B } = \left( \begin{array} { r } 3
- 1
3 \end{array} \right) , \quad \overrightarrow { O C } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 4
2
p \end{array} \right) \quad \text { and } \quad \overrightarrow { O D } = \left( \begin{array} { r } - 1
0
q \end{array} \right) ,$$ where \(p\) and \(q\) are constants. Find
  1. the unit vector in the direction of \(\overrightarrow { A B }\),
  2. the value of \(p\) for which angle \(A O C = 90 ^ { \circ }\),
  3. the values of \(q\) for which the length of \(\overrightarrow { A D }\) is 7 units.