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VECTOR ALGEBRA — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsVECTOR ALGEBRA2 Marks
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Prove that $\big(\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\big)\cdot\big(\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\big)=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|^2+\Big|\vec{\text{b}}\Big|^2,$ if and only if $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}}$ are perpendicular, given $\vec{\text{a}}\neq\vec{\text{0}},\vec{\text{b}}\neq\vec{\text{0}}.$
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$\Big(\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\Big)\cdot\Big(\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\Big)=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|^2+\Big|\vec{\text{b}}\Big|^2$
$\Leftrightarrow\vec{\text{a}}\cdot\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{a}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}+\vec{\text{b}}\cdot\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|^2+\Big|\vec{\text{b}}\Big|^2$ [Distributivity of scalar products over addition]
$\Leftrightarrow\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|^2+2\vec{\text{a}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}+\Big|\vec{\text{b}}\Big|^2=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|^2+\Big|\vec{\text{b}}\Big|^2\ \ \ $ $\Big[\vec{\text{a}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}\cdot\vec{\text{a}}\ \text{(Scalar product is commutative)}\Big]$
$\Leftrightarrow2\vec{\text{a}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}=0$
$\Leftrightarrow\vec{\text{a}}\cdot\vec{\text{b}}=0$
$\therefore\vec{\text{a}}\ \text{and}\ \vec{\text{b}} \ \text{are perpendicular.}$ $\ \ \ \Big[\vec{\text{a}}\neq\vec{\text{0}},\ \vec{\text{b}}\neq\vec{\text{0}}\ \text{(Given)}\Big]$

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