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VECTOR ALGEBRA — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsVECTOR ALGEBRA5 Marks
Question
Prove that the given vectors are non-coplanar:
$3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}-\hat{\text{k}},\ 2\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+7\hat{\text{k}}$ and $7\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+23\hat{\text{k}}$
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We know that, Three vectors are coplanar if one of them vector can be expressed as the linear combination of the other two. Let, $\big(3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}-\hat{\text{k}}\big)\\=\text{x}\big(2\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+7\hat{\text{k}}\big)+\text{y}\big(7\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+23\hat{\text{k}}\big)$ $=2\text{x}\hat{\text{i}}-\text{x}\hat{\text{j}}+7\text{x}\hat{\text{k}}+7\text{y}\hat{\text{i}}-\text{y}\hat{\text{j}}+23\text{y}\hat{\text{k}}$ $\big(3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}-\hat{\text{k}}\big)\\=\big(2\text{x}+7\text{y}\big)\hat{\text{i}}+\big(-\text{x}-\text{y}\big)\hat{\text{j}}+\big(7\text{x}+23\text{y}\big)\hat{\text{k}}$ Equating the coefficient of LHS and RHS, 2x + 7y = 3 .....(i) -x - y = 1 .....(ii) 7x + 23y = -1 .....(iii) For solving (i) and (ii), Add (i) and 2 × (ii),
$\text{y}=\frac{5}5$ $\text{y}=1$ Put the value of y in equation (i), $2\text{x}+7\text{y}=3$ $2\text{x}+7(1)=3$ $2\text{x}+7=3$ $2\text{x}=3-7$ $2\text{x}=-4$ $\text{x}=\frac{-4}2$ $\text{x}=-2$ Put the value of x and y in equation (iii), $7\text{x}+23\text{y}=-1$ $7(2)+23(1)=-1$ $14+23=-1$ $37=-1$ $\text{LHS}\neq\text{RHS}$ The value of x and y do not satisfy the equation (iii), Hence, vectors are non-coplanar.

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