CAIE P1 2011 November — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionNovember
TopicVectors 3D & Lines

8 Relative to an origin \(O\), the point \(A\) has position vector \(4 \mathbf { i } + 7 \mathbf { j } - p \mathbf { k }\) and the point \(B\) has position vector \(8 \mathbf { i } - \mathbf { j } - p \mathbf { k }\), where \(p\) is a constant.
  1. Find \(\overrightarrow { O A } \cdot \overrightarrow { O B }\).
  2. Hence show that there are no real values of \(p\) for which \(O A\) and \(O B\) are perpendicular to each other.
  3. Find the values of \(p\) for which angle \(A O B = 60 ^ { \circ }\).