CAIE P1 2014 June — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicVectors 3D & Lines

8 Relative to an origin \(O\), the position vectors of points \(A\) and \(B\) are given by $$\overrightarrow { O A } = \left( \begin{array} { c } 3 p
4
p ^ { 2 } \end{array} \right) \quad \text { and } \quad \overrightarrow { O B } = \left( \begin{array} { c } - p
- 1
p ^ { 2 } \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Find the values of \(p\) for which angle \(A O B\) is \(90 ^ { \circ }\).
  2. For the case where \(p = 3\), find the unit vector in the direction of \(\overrightarrow { B A }\).