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VECTOR ALGEBRA — MATHS STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMATHSVECTOR ALGEBRA1 Mark
Question
Let $\vec{\text{a}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}$ be two unit vectors and a be the angle between them. Then, $\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}$ is a unit vector if:
  1. $\text{a}=\frac{\pi}{4}$
  2. $\text{a}=\frac{\pi}{3}$
  3. $\text{a}=\frac{2\pi}{3}$
  4. $\text{a}=\frac{\pi}{2}$
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Answer

  1. $\text{a}=\frac{2\pi}{3}$
Solution:
$\vec{\text{a}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}$ are unit vectors.
$\Rightarrow|\vec{\text{a}}|=\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|=1\dots(1)$
Now,
$\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=|\vec{\text{a}}|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\cos\text{a}$
$\Rightarrow\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\cos\text{a}\dots(2)$
[using (1)]
Given that
$\Big|\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\big|=1$
Squaring both sides, we get
$\big|\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\big|^2=1$
$\Rightarrow|\vec{\text{a}}|^2+\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|^2+2\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=1$
$\Rightarrow1+1+2\cos\text{a}=1$ [using (1) and (2)]
$\Rightarrow2+2\cos\text{a}=1$
$\Rightarrow2\cos\text{a}=-1$
$\Rightarrow\cos\text{a}=\frac{-1}{2}$
$\Rightarrow\text{a}=\frac{2\pi}{3}$

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