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Scalar Triple Product — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsScalar Triple Product1 Mark
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If $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}},\vec{\text{c}}$ are non-coplanar vectors, then $\frac{\vec{\text{a}}.\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)}{\big(\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big).\vec{\text{b}}}+\frac{\vec{\text{b}}.\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)}{\vec{\text{c}}.\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big)}$ is equal to:
  1. 0
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. None of these
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  1. 0

Solution:

We have

$\frac{\vec{\text{a}}.\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)}{\big(\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big).\vec{\text{b}}}+\frac{\vec{\text{b}}.\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)}{\vec{\text{c}}.\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big)}$

$\frac{\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]}{\big[\vec{\text{c}}\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\big]}+\frac{\big[\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]}{\big[\vec{\text{c}}\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\big]}$ (By definition of scalar tiple product)

$=\frac{\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]}{\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]}+\frac{-\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]}{\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]}$ (Change in cyclic order of vectors changes the sign of the scalar triple product)

$=1-1$

$=0$

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