CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 1 2011 Paper 2

Question 3 (a)

Solution
(i) (a + h). (a h)

Substitute a = o
1
| + o
2
j onJ h = b
1
| + b
2
j
= |(o
1
| +o
2
j) + (b
1
| + b
2
j)] |(o
1
| + o
2
j) (b
1
| +b
2
j)]

Group terms with i and j
= |(o
1
+b
1
)| +(o
2
+b
2
)j] |(o
1
b
1
)| +(o
2
b
2
)j]

Apply the dot product formula (note difference of 2 squares)
= (o
1
+b
1
)(o
1
b
1
) +(o
2
+ b
2
)(o
2
b
2
)
= o
1
2
b
1
2
+ o
2
2
b
2
2


Group terms (recognize that o
1
2
+o
1
2
= 1S
2
, wic wos gi:cn; onJ b
1
2
+b
2
2
= 1u
2
)
= o
1
2
+ o
2
2
(b
1
2
+b
2
2
)
= 169 1uu
= 9

(ii) 2h a = 11|
= 2(b
1
| +b
2
j) (o
1
| +o
2
j) = 11|
= 2b
1
| + 2b
2
j o
1
| o
2
j = 11|
= (2b
1
o
1
)| + (2b
2
o
2
)j = 11| + uj
2b
1
o
1
= 11 = o
1
= 2b
1
11 onJ 2b
2
o
2
= u = o
2
= 2b
2

CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 1 2011 Paper 2

0i:cn |a| = _o
1
2
+ o
2
2
= 1S, o
1
2
+ o
2
2
= 169

Substituting o
1
= 2b
1
11 anu o
2
= 2b
2
,
(2b
1
11)
2
+ (2b
2
)
2
= 169
= 4b
1
2
44b
1
+ 121 + 4b
2
2
= 169
= 4b
1
2
+ 4b
2
2
44b
1
48 = u

0i:cn |h| = _b
1
2
+ b
2
2
= 1u
= b
1
2
+b
2
2
= 1uu
= b
1
= _1uu b
2
2


Substitutc b
1
= _1uu b
2
2
into 4b
1
2
+ 4b
2
2
44b
1
+ 48 = u
= 4 __1uu b
2
2
_
2
+4b
2
2
44_1uu b
2
2
48 = u
= SS2 44_1uu b
2
2
= u
= _1uu b
2
2
=
SS2
44

= 1uu b
2
2
= 8
2

= b
2
2
= 64 1uu
= b
2
2
= S6
= b
2
= 6 (notc tot 6 moy bc consiJcrcJ o solution os wcll)

Substitutc b
2
= 6 into b
1
= _1uu b
2
2

= b
1
= 1uu (6)
2

= b
1
= 8 (notc tot 8 moy bc consiJcrcJ o solution os wcll)

CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 1 2011 Paper 2

Substitutc b
1
= 8 into o
1
= 2b
1
11
= o
1
= 2(8) 11
= o
1
= S

Substitutc b
2
= 6 into o
2
= 2b
2

= o
2
= 2(6)
= o
2
= 12

Ecncc,
o
1
= S, o
2
= 12, b
1
= 8, b
2
= 6

Icrcorc,
a = S| +12j
h = 8| +6j