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6. [In this question i and j are horizontal unit vectors due east and due north respectively and
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At 2 pm, the position vector of ship P is (5i – 3j) km and the position vector of ship Q is
(7i + 5j) km.

(a) Find the distance between P and Q at 2 pm.

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Ship P is moving with constant velocity (2i + 5j) km h–1 and ship Q is moving with
constant velocity (–3i – 15j) km h–1.

(b) Find the position vector of P at time t hours after 2 pm.

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(c) Find the position vector of Q at time t hours after 2 pm.

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(d) Show that Q will meet P and find the time at which they meet.
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(e) Find the position vector of the point at which they meet.
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4. [In this question i and!j are horizontal unit vectors due east and due north respectively and
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A particle P is moving with velocity (i – 2j) km h–1. At time t = 0 hours, the position
vector of P is (–5i + 9j) km. At time t hours, the position vector of P is pkm.

(a) Find an expression for p in terms of t.

(2)
The point A has position vector (3i + 2j) km.

(b) Find the position vector of P when P is due west of A.

(4)
Another particle Q is moving with velocity [ (2b − 1)i + (5 − 2b) j] km h–1 where b is a
constant.

Given that the particles are moving along parallel lines,

(c) find the value of b.

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