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Tammy Chan
Tammy Chan

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need help with part (ii). Already got (i) as (-3,-17,8)

Date Posted: 4 years ago
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J
J
4 years ago
Let D(a,b,c)

CD = OA
(same magnitude and parallel since they are opposite sides of parallelogram OADC)

OD - OC = OA
(a b c) - (-3 -17 8) = (3 1 2)
(a + 3 b + 17 c - 8) = (3 1 2)

Comparing coefficients,
a + 3 = 3, b + 17 = 1, c - 8 = 2

a = 0, b = -16, c = 10

So D(0, -16, 10) . You can write OD accordingly


The exact area of OADC is just the magnitude of the cross product of OA and OC. You will get 6√138 units²

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Hope this is the correct answer!! Quite rusty to H2 math now
J
J
4 years ago
The question asks for OADC as a parallelogram , so the positions of D and C should be swopped since the ordering of letters in the parallelogram is from one vertice the next adjacent vertice
LZZ
LZZ
4 years ago
Yeapp thx for pointing that out. So basically ABC will be a line cutting the parallelogram into half.
J
J
4 years ago
Yup, it's one of the parallelogram's diagonal.


So the 2nd equation should be :

r = (3 1 2) + μ(-3 -17 8)


Comparing the two, we can get 3 equations :

3 - 3 μ = -3 + 3λ ① → λ = 2 - μ

1 - 17μ = -17 + λ ②
2 + 8μ = 8 + 2λ ③

Substitution will give μ = 1 and λ = 1

So OD = (3 1 2) + (-3 - 17 8)
= (0 -16 10)

Or OD = (-3 - 17 8) + (3 1 2)
= (0 -16 10)

depending on which equation is used.
J
J
4 years ago
The other way (which I have written the steps in the comment section on the main qn page) would be to :

Let D(a,b,c) , recognise that CD = OA
(same magnitude and parallel since they are opposite sides of parallelogram OADC) and then compare coefficients to find OD