Questions

Q1.

The position vector, r metres, of a particle P at time t seconds, relative to a fixed origin O, is given by

r = (t – 3)i + (1 – 2t)j

(a) Find, to the nearest degree, the size of the angle between r and the vector j, when t = 2
(3)
(b) Find the values of t for which the distance of P from O is 2.5 m.
(5)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q2.

[In this question i and j are horizontal unit vectors directed due east and due north respectively and
position vectors are given relative to a fixed origin.]

At 7 am a ship leaves a port and moves with constant velocity. The position vector of the port is (–2i + 9j)
km.

At 7.36 am the ship is at the point with position vector (4i + 6j) km.

(a) Show that the velocity of the ship is (10i – 5j) km h–1
(2)
(b) Find the position vector of the ship t hours after leaving port.
(2)
At 8.48 am a passenger on the ship notices that a lighthouse is due east of the ship.

At 9 am the same passenger notices that the lighthouse is now north east of the ship.

(c) Find the position vector of the lighthouse.

(4)
(d) Find the position vector of the ship when it is due south of the lighthouse.
(4)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

Q3.

[In this question i and j are horizontal unit vectors.]

A particle P of mass 2 kg moves under the action of two forces, (pi + qj)N and (2qi + pj)N, where p and q
are constants.

Given that the acceleration of P is (i − j)m s−2

(a) find the value of p and the value of q.

(5)
(b) Find the size of the angle between the direction of the acceleration and the vector j.
(2)
−1
At time t = 0, the velocity of P is (3i − 4j) m s

At t = T seconds, P is moving in the direction of the vector (11i − 13j).

(c) Find the value of T.

(5)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

Q4.

[In this question i and j are horizontal unit vectors directed due east and due north respectively and
position vectors are given relative to a fixed origin.]

A ship A moves with constant velocity (3i – 10j) km h−1

At time t hours, the position vector of A is r km.

At time t = 0, A is at the point with position vector (13i + 5j) km.

(a) Find r in terms of t.

(2)
−1
Another ship B moves with constant velocity (15i + 14j) km h

At time t = 0, B is at the point with position vector (3i – 5j) km.

(b) Show that, at time t hours,

= [(12t − 10)i + (24t − 10)j]km

(4)
Given that the two ships do not change course,

(c) find the shortest distance between the two ships,

(6)
(d) find the bearing of ship B from ship A when the ships are closest.
(2)

(Total for question = 14 marks)

Q5.

A particle P is moving with constant acceleration.

At time t = 1 second, P has velocity (–i + 4j) m s–1

At time t = 4 seconds, P has velocity (5i – 8j) m s–1

Find the speed of P at time t = 3.5 seconds.

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q6.

[In this question,i and j are horizontal unit vectors directed due east and due north respectively and
position vectors are given relative to a fixed origin O.]

Two boats, P and Q, are moving with constant velocities.

The velocity of P is 15i m s–1 and the velocity of Q is (20i – 20j) m s–1

(a) Find the direction in which Q is travelling, giving your answer as a bearing.
(2)
The boats are modelled as particles.

At time t = 0 , P is at the origin O and Q is at the point with position vector 200j m.

At time t seconds, the position vector of P is p m and the position vector of Q is q m.

(b) Show that

= [5ti + (200 – 20t)j] m

(5)
(c) Find the bearing of P from Q when t = 10
(2)
(d) Find the distance between P and Q when Q is north east of P
(5)
(e) Find the times when P and Q are 200 m apart.
(3)

(Total for question = 17 marks)

Q7.
Two forces, F1 and F2, act on a particle A.

F1 = (2i − 3j) N and F2 = (pi + qj) N, where p and q are constants.

Given that the resultant of F1 and F2 is parallel to (i + 2j),

(a) show that 2p − q + 7 = 0

(5)
Given that q = 11 and that the mass of A is 2 kg, and that F1 and F2 are the only forces acting on A,

(b) find the magnitude of the acceleration of A.

(5)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

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