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VECTOR ALGEBRA — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsVECTOR ALGEBRA1 Mark
MCQ
For non-zero vectors $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}}$ and $\vec{\text{c}}$ the relation $\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ holds good, if:
  • A
    $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=0$
  • B
    $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=0=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}$
  • ✓
    $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0$
  • D
    $\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0$
✓

Answer

Correct option: C.
$\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0$
we have
$\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|$
$=\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big)\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|\big|\cos\theta\big|$
$=\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big)\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ (If $\theta=0^\circ\text{or}180^\circ,$ i.e. vectors $\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}$ and $\vec{\text{c}}$ are parallel)
$=\big|\big(\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\sin\alpha\big)\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$
$=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ (If $\alpha=90^\circ,$ i. e. vectors $\vec{\text{a}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}$ are perpendicular)
$\therefore\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ (If vectors $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}},\vec{\text{c}}$ are perpendicular to each other)
Thus, the relation $\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ holds good if $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=0,\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=0$ and $\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0.$

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