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A drone in a warehouse travels in a straight line through points and , measured from the corner of the building. The plane represents a side wall and the -axis points vertically upwards. Distances are given in metres. The drone continues along the same path until it meets the wall at point .
Determine a vector equation for the path followed by the drone.
Calculate the coordinates of point .
Determine the distance .
A laser beam in a gallery travels in a straight line through points and , measured from the corner of the room. The -plane represents the floor and the -axis points vertically upwards. Distances are given in metres. The beam continues until it meets the floor at point .
Determine a vector equation for the path followed by the beam.
Calculate the coordinates of point .
Determine the distance .
A straight line, , is given by the equation . Point lies on .
Determine the value of .
Consider a second line, , which is parallel to and passes through the coordinate point .
State a vector equation for .
The points and lie on line . A second line is given by , where is a constant. It is known that and intersect at a point .
calculate the value of ;
determine the coordinates of the point of intersection .
An inspection drone in a warehouse has position coordinates , where and are the horizontal displacements from the centre of a charging pad on the warehouse floor and is the height above the floor. All distances are in metres.
At 14:30, the drone is at . At 14:32, it is at . Let be the time in minutes after 14:30.
Assume the drone continues to move in a straight line with constant velocity.
When it reaches a height of m, it keeps the same horizontal motion but changes its rate of descent so that it arrives exactly at .
Formulate a vector equation for the position of the drone as a function of .
Demonstrate that the drone's path goes directly over the charging pad.
Determine the drone's height as it passes over the charging pad.
Calculate the specific time it passes over the charging pad.
Identify the time when the drone is m above the warehouse floor.
Calculate the Euclidean distance between the drone and the charging pad at that moment.
If the drone's velocity becomes after adjusting its descent, determine the constant .