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VECTOR ALGEBRA — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsVECTOR ALGEBRA1 Mark
Question
Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
If $|\vec{{\text{a}}}|=10,|\vec{{\text{b}}}|=2$ and $\vec{{\text{a}}}\cdot\vec{{\text{b}}}=12,$ then value of $|\vec{{\text{a}}}\times\vec{\text{b}}|$ is:
  1. 5.
  2. 10.
  3. 14.
  4. 16.
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Answer

  1. 16.

Solution:

Here, $|\vec{{\text{a}}}|=10,|\vec{{\text{b}}}|=2$ and $\vec{{\text{a}}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}=12$ [given]

$\therefore\vec{{\text{a}}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}=|\vec{{\text{a}}}||\vec{{\text{b}}}|\cos\theta$

$12=10\times2\cos\theta$

$\Rightarrow\cos\theta=\frac{12}{20}=\frac{3}{5}$

$\Rightarrow\sin\theta=\sqrt{1-\cos\theta}$

$=\sqrt{1-\frac{9}{25}}$

$\sin\theta=\pm\frac{4}{5}$

$\therefore|\vec{{\text{a}}}\times\vec{{\text{b}}}|=|\vec{{\text{a}}}||\vec{{\text{b}}}||\sin\theta|$

$=10\times2\times\frac{4}{5}$

$=16$

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