4.04: Parallel vectors in a parallelogram

0606/13/M/J/26 — Question 10 · 5 marks

\(OABC\) is a parallelogram with \(\overrightarrow{OA}=\mathbf a\) and \(\overrightarrow{OB}=\mathbf b\). \(D\) lies on \(OB\) with \(OD:OB=1:3\), and \(E\) lies on \(AC\) with \(AE:AC=2:3\).
Show that \(DE\) is parallel to \(AB\).
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