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This document contains 10 questions from past CXC/CSEC Mathematics exams on the topics of vectors, matrices and statistics. The questions involve skills like sketching diagrams, writing vectors in column form, determining geometrical relationships between vectors, calculating matrix inverses and determinants, solving systems of equations using matrices, and describing geometric transformations represented by matrices. Students are asked to copy diagrams, express vectors in terms of other vectors, combine transformations, find midpoints, and prove properties using vectors.

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CSEC Math Worksheet 3

This document contains 10 questions from past CXC/CSEC Mathematics exams on the topics of vectors, matrices and statistics. The questions involve skills like sketching diagrams, writing vectors in column form, determining geometrical relationships between vectors, calculating matrix inverses and determinants, solving systems of equations using matrices, and describing geometric transformations represented by matrices. Students are asked to copy diagrams, express vectors in terms of other vectors, combine transformations, find midpoints, and prove properties using vectors.

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CXC/CSEC Mathematics

WORKSHEET #3:
Vectors, Matrices and Statistics

Question 1: (Paper 2-Question # 13- May/June


2006)

(ii)

The diagram below shows the position vectors of


two points, A and C, relative to an origin, 0.

[1 mark]

(iii)

[2 marks]
(c) Given that G is the midpoint of OB, use a
vector method to
(i) determine the coordinates of G
[3 marks]
(ii) prove, using a vector method, that A ,
G, and C lie on a straight line. [5 marks]
Question 2: (Paper 2-Question # 13- May/June
2007)

(a) The points A and B have position vectors


2

= ( 4 )
= ( ) and
5
2
(a) Copy and complete the diagram to show
(i) the point B such that OABC is a
parallelogram
[1 mark]
+

(ii) the vector u where u =


[2 marks]

(b) Write as a column vector, in the form, the


vector
(i)

[1 mark]

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where O is the origin (0, 0). The point G lies


1
on the line AB is such that AG = 3 AB
and

(i)

[4 marks]

(ii)

[2 marks]

b) In the diagram below, not drawn to scale,


B is the mid-point of OX, C is the mid-point
of AB, and D is such that OD = 2DA.
= 3a
The vectors a and b are such that
= b
and

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(ii) Hence, calculate the value of x


and the value of y for which
3x y = 5
2x + 5y = 9. [4 marks]
Question 4: (Paper 2-Question # 13- May/June
2007)

Write in terms of a and b:


(i)

(a)

(b)
(c)

(d)

[6 marks]
(ii) State TWO geometrical relationships
between DX and DC. [2 marks]
(iii) State ONE geometrical relationship
between the points D, C and X. [1 mark]
Question 3: (Paper 2-Question # 14- May/June
2007)

(a) The value of the determinant of M


4
=(
) is 13.
3
Calculate the values of x. [4 marks]
(b) The transformation R is represented by
1 0
the matrix (
). The transformation S
0 1
0 1
is represented by the matrix (
).
1 0
(i) Write a single matrix in the form

(
) to represent the combined

transformation S followed by R.
[2 marks]
(ii) Calculate the image of the point
(5,2) under the combined
transformation in (b) (i) above.
[3 marks]
3 1
(c) The matrix N = (
).
2 5
(i) Determine the inverse of the
matrix N.
[2 marks]
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=
OK and OM are position vectors such that
k and
= m.
(a) Sketch the diagram above. Show the
approximate positions of points R and S such that
R is the mid-point of OK
= 1

S is a point on OM such that


3
[2 marks]
(b) Write down, in terms of k and m the vectors
(i)

(ii)

(iii)
(iv)

[8 marks]
(c) List the mid-point of RM. Using a vector
method, prove that RS is parallel to KL.
[5 marks]
Question 5: (Paper 2-Question # 14- May/June
2007)

(a) A, B and C are three 2 x 2 matrices such that


14 0

5 3
A =(
), B =(
), and C = (
)
9 5

3 2
Find
(i) 3A
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(ii) 1
(iii) 3A + 1
(iv) the value of a, b, c and d given that
3A + 1 = C
[7 marks]
(b) The diagram below shows a parallelogram
EFGH and its images after undergoing two
successive transformations.

(ii) For this value of x, find 1


[2 marks]
1
(iii) Show that =
[2 marks]
(b) The graph below shows the line segment AC
and its image A ' C' after a transformation by the

matrix (
)

(i) Describe in words, the geometric


transformations
a) J which maps EFGH onto EF'G'H'
b) K which maps E'F'G'H' onto
E'F''G"H".
(ii) Write the matrix which represents the
transformation described above as
a) J
b) K
(iii) The point P (6, 2) is mapped onto P' by the
transformation J. State the co-ordinates of P'.
(iv) The point Q (5, -4) is mapped onto Q' by the
transformation K. State the co-ordinates of Q'.
[8 marks]

(i) Write in the form of a single 2 x 2 matrix, the


coordinates of
a) A and C
[2 marks]
b) A' and C'.
[2 marks]
(ii) Using matrices only, write an equation to
represent the transformation of AC onto A'C'. [2
marks]
(iii) Determine the values of p, q, r and s. [2
marks]

Question 6: (Paper 2-Question # 14- May/June


2006)

(a) The value of the determinant of


2 3
M=(
) is 9.
1
(i) Calculate the value of x.

[3 marks]

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Question 7: (Paper 2-Question # 11 May/June 2012)

(a) The points A, B and C have position vectors


6

= ( 3 ) and
= ( 12 )
=( ),
2
4
2
respectively.

(i) Express in the form ( ) the vector


a)

[2 marks]

b)
[2 marks]
(ii) State ONE geometrical relationship
between BA and BC. [1 mark]

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(iii) Draw a sketch to show the relative


positions of A, B and C. [2 marks]
(b) (i) Calculate the values of a and b such that
2 4
2 0

) (
)=(
)
1 3
0 2

[3 marks]
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, write down the
2 4
inverse of (
)
[2 mark]
1 3
2 4
(iii) Use the inverse of (
) to solve
1 3
for x and y in the matrix equation

2 4
12
(
) ()=(
). [3 marks]
1 3
7
(

Question 8: (Paper 2-Question # 11 May/June 2011

3 2
).
5 4
[2 marks]

(a) Determine the inverse of the matrix (


) , maps the

points R and T onto R and T such that
R (7, 2) R (2, 7)
and T (5, 4) R (4, 5)
(i) Determine the values of a and b. [2
marks]
(ii) Describe fully the transformation, M.
[3 marks]
(c) WXY V is a parallelogram in which
= a,
= b. S is a point on WY such that WS : SY
and
= 1 : 2.
(b) The transformation, M = (

(b)

(c)
[5 marks]
(ii) R is the mid-point of VW. Prove that R, S and
X are collinear. [3 marks]
Question 9: (Paper 2-Question # 11 May/June 2010

(a) A and B are two 2 2 matrices such that


1 2
5 2
A=(
) and B = (
)
2 5
2 1
(i) Find AB. [2 marks]
(ii) Determine 1, the inverse of B.
[1 mark]
(iii) Given that

2
5 2
(
) ( ) = ( ).
3
2 1

Write ( ) as a product of TWO


matrices. [2 marks]
(iv) Hence, calculate the values of x
and y. [2 marks]
(b) The diagram below, not drawn to scale,
shows triangle JKL.

M and N are points on JK and JN


respectively, such that
1

JM = 3 JK and JN = 3 JL.
(i) Copy the diagram in your answer
booklet and show the points M and
N. [2 marks]

(i) Write in terms of a and b, an expression for


(a)

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= u and
Given that
= v write, in terms
of u and v, an expression for

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(a)

(b)

(c)
[4 marks]
(iii) Using your findings in (b) (ii), deduce
TWO geometrical relationships between KL
and MN. [2 marks]
Question 10: (Paper 2-Question # 11 May/June 2013

(a) In the diagram below, not drawn to scale, P


and Q are the midpoints of OA and AB
respectively.

= 2b
= 2a and

(i) Express in terms of a and b the vectors


a)

[2 marks]

b)
[2 marks]
(ii) State TWO geometrical relationships
that exist between OB and PQ.
Give reasons for your answers.
[2 marks]
2 1
b) Given that M = (
).
4 3
(i) Determine 1, the inverse of M. [2
marks]
(ii) Show that 1 =
[2 marks]
(iii) Use a matrix method to solve for r, s, t and u
in the equation
2 1
2 1
(
) (
)=(
)

4 3
4 1
[5 marks]

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