Support · Mathematics Extension 2 11–12 – Year 12 · Further work with vectors
Support Define the medians, altitudes, perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors of a triangle and recognise these definitions in vector proofs
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Prerequisite dot points
Establish and calculate the magnitude of a vector using (xi + yj) = √(x² + y²) for 2D vectors and (xi + yj + zk) = √(x² + y² + z²) for 3D vectors
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Establish a⋅b = 0 as a condition for two non-zero vectors a and b to be perpendicular to each other and use it to determine if two vectors are perpendicular
Mathematics Extension 1 11–12 – Year 12 · Introduction to vectors Draft mapping
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Define unit vectors as vectors of magnitude 1
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