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in 2012 o/n v41 question (6a2) plzz answer
|b| means the maginitude (length) of the vector b.

If you draw the vector b, you can make a right-angle triangle with perpendicular lengths 2 and 7. You can use Pythagoras to find the magnitude which is the hypotenuse.
 
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|b| means the maginitude (length) of the vector b.

If you draw the vector b, you can make a right-angle triangle with perpendicular lengths 2 and 7. You can use Pythagoras to find the magnitude which is the hypotenuse.

but sir this is matrices so why is this not the derterminant......
 
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but sir this is matrices so why is this not the derterminant......
You can only find the determinant of a square matrix e.g. of order 2x2 or 3x3.

This is a column vector so |b| means the magnitude of b, and not the determinant.
 
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answer the question in o/n 2012 v42:
question number: (10) the whole question
I'm not going to answer the whole question. Please show me all the working/ideas that you have. And then tell me the specific parts that you can't do.
 
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I'm not going to answer the whole question. Please show me all the working/ideas that you have. And then tell me the specific parts that you can't do.

okay sir could u explain this question shortly then i will try to solve this question
 
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can anyone provide me with pure mathematics mark scheme held on 7th may (paper 12)
Please can you not post this here. This thread is designed for past IGCSE questions.

I doubt anyone on here has that mark scheme so I'd stop trying if I were you.
 
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10 a 1 and 2
To be honest, 10ai is a pretty easy question:

a=7, b=9, c=17, d=19

So bc-ad = 9*17-7*19 = 20


ii. Have a look at the grid and you'll see that a (7) is 6 less than n (13) so a=n-6. Can you do the same thing for b, c and d?
 
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Two triangles are similar if all of their angles are equal.

<MNO = <OPQ (alternate)
<NMO = <OQP (alternate)
<MON = <POQ (opposite)

Therefore, triangle MNO is similar to triangle QPO.
could you answer the rest of the question pleaseeeeee Thank you :D
 
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Two triangles are similar if all of their angles are equal.

<MNO = <OPQ (alternate)
<NMO = <OQP (alternate)
<MON = <POQ (opposite)

Therefore, triangle MNO is similar to triangle QPO.
also ive noticed theyre repeating the old past papers !! So id advice you to do them :D guys
 
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