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VECTOR ALGEBRA — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsVECTOR ALGEBRA1 Mark
MCQ
A unit vector perpendicular to both $\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}$ and $\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}$ is:
  • A
    $\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}$
  • B
    $\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\big(\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}\big)$
  • ✓
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\big(\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}\big)$
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Answer

Correct option: D.
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\big(\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}\big)$
Let:

$\vec{\text{a}}=\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+0\hat{\text{k}}$

$\vec{\text{b}}=0\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}$

$\therefore\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}=\begin{vmatrix}\hat{\text{i}}&\hat{\text{j}}&\hat{\text{k}}\\1&1&0\\0&1&1 \end{vmatrix}$

$=\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}$

$\Rightarrow\big|\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big|=\sqrt{1+1+1}$

$=\sqrt{3}$

Unit vector perpendicular to $\vec{\text{a}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}=\frac{\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}}{\big|\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big|}=\frac{\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+\hat{\text{k}}}{\sqrt{3}}$

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