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Find a perpendicular foot and use it as a triangle height
Referred to the origin , points and have position vectors and respectively. Point lies on , between and , such that .
(i) Find the position vector .
(ii) Show that and are perpendicular.
The vector is a unit vector in the direction of .
(iii) Find the value of and give the geometrical interpretation of . Hence, or otherwise, find the area of triangle .
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CJC · Discussion · Question 4
Use the perpendicularity proved in(ii) to turn OP into the triangle’s height.