4MA0 Higher June 2013 Paper 3R Q23

EdexcelHigherOld spec4 marksVectors

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Parallelogram OABC with OA = x and AB = y; M the midpoint of OC; BC extended to D

Diagram NOT accurately drawn

\(OABC\) is a parallelogram.
\(BCD\) is a straight line.
\(BD = 3BC\).
\(M\) is the midpoint of \(OC\).

\(\overrightarrow{OA} = \mathbf{x}\quad \overrightarrow{AB} = \mathbf{y}\)

(a) Find, in terms of \(\mathbf{x}\) and \(\mathbf{y}\),
(i) \(\overrightarrow{AM}\)
(ii) \(\overrightarrow{OD}\)
(2)
(b) Use your answers to (a)(i) and (ii) to write down two different geometric facts about the lines \(AM\) and \(OD\). (2)