2023 NJC P1 Q8

2023 NJC P1 Q8

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A tetrahedron \(OABC\) has four triangular faces with a vertex \(O\) at the origin. The coordinates of \(A\), \(B\) and \(C\) are \(\left( 9,0,0 \right)\), \(\left( 0,2,0 \right)\) and \(\left( 0,0,3 \right)\) respectively (see diagram).

  1. Find a cartesian equation of face \(ABC\).[3]
  2. Find the acute angle between face \(ABC\) and the \(z\)-axis.[2]
  3. Find the coordinates of the foot of perpendicular from \(O\) to face \(ABC\).[2]
  4. The line \(s\) passes through \(O\) and the midpoint of \(AC\). Show that a vector equation of the reflection of \(s\) in face \(ABC\), is \(\mathbf{r}=\left( \begin{matrix} \frac{9}{2} \\ 0 \\ \frac{3}{2} \\ \end{matrix} \right)+\mu \left( \begin{matrix} a \\ -216 \\ -23 \\ \end{matrix} \right)\), where \(a\) is a constant to be determined.[3]

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Answer:(a) \(2x + 9y + 6z = 18\) (b) \(33.1^\circ\) (c) \(\left(\frac{36}{121}, \frac{162}{121}, \frac{108}{121}\right)\) (d) \(a = 315\)

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