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Q 1MCQ1 Mark
If $\bar{a} \bar{b} \bar{c}$ are non coplanar unit vectors such that $\bar{a} \times(\bar{b} \times \bar{c})=\frac{(\bar{b}+c)}{\sqrt{2}}$ then the angle

between $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$ is

  • $\frac{3 \pi}{4}$
  • B
    $\frac{\pi}{4}$
  • C
    $\frac{\pi}{2}$
  • D
    π

Answer: A.

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Q 2MCQ1 Mark
Let $\bar{a}=\hat{i} \hat{j}, \bar{b}=\hat{j} \hat{k}_{\text {, }} \bar{c}=\hat{k} \hat{i}$. If $\bar{d}$ is a unit vector such that $\bar{a} \cdot \bar{d}=0=\left[\begin{array}{lll}\bar{b} & \bar{c} & \bar{d}\end{array}\right]$, then $\bar{d}$ equals.
  • $\pm \frac{\hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}}{\sqrt{6}}$
  • B
    $\pm \frac{\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}}{\sqrt{3}}$
  • C
    $\pm \frac{\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}}{\sqrt{3}}$
  • D
    $\pm \hat{k}$

Answer: A.

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Q 3MCQ1 Mark
Let $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c}$ be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors $\mathrm{a} \hat{i}+\mathrm{a} \hat{j}+\mathrm{c} \hat{k}, \hat{i}+\hat{k}$ and $\mathbf{c} \hat{i}+\mathbf{c} \hat{j}+\mathrm{b} \hat{k}$ lie in a plane, then $\mathrm{c}$ is
  • A
    The arithmetic mean of a and b
  • The geometric mean of a and b
  • C
    The harmonic man of a and b

Answer: B.

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Q 4MCQ1 Mark
The value of $\hat{i} \cdot(\hat{j} \times \hat{k})+\hat{j} \cdot(\hat{i} \times \hat{k})+\hat{k} \cdot(\hat{i} \times \hat{j})$
  • A
    -3
  • B
    -1
  • 1
  • D
    3

Answer: C.

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Q 5MCQ1 Mark
If $\theta$ be the angle between any two vectors $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$, then $|\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}|=|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|$, when $\theta$ is equal to
  • A
    $\frac{\pi}{6}$
  • $\frac{\pi}{4}$
  • C
    $\frac{\pi}{2}$
  • D
    ${\pi}$

Answer: B.

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Show that, for any vectors $\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$

$(\bar{a}+\bar{b}+\bar{c}) \times \bar{c}+(\bar{a}+\bar{b}+\bar{c}) \times \bar{b}+(\bar{b}+\bar{c}) \times \bar{a}=2 \bar{a} \times \bar{c}$

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For any vectors $\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$ show that

$(\bar{a}+\bar{b}+\bar{c}) \times \bar{c}+(\bar{a}+\bar{b}+\bar{c}) \times \bar{b}+(\bar{b}-\bar{c}) \times \bar{a}$

$=2 \bar{a} \times \bar{c}$.

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Let $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}, \mathrm{D}$ be any four points in space. Prove that

$|\overline{A B} \times \overline{C D}+\overline{B C} \times \overline{A D}+\overline{C A} \times \overline{B D}|=4$ (area of $\triangle A B C$ )

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Show that the area of a triangle ABC, the position vectors of whose vertices are a, b and c

is $\frac{1}{2}[\vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}+\vec{c} \times \vec{a}]$

Question is modified.

Show that the area of a triangle $A B C$, the position vectors of whose vertices are $\bar{a}, \bar{b}$ and $\bar{c}$

is $\frac{1}{2}[\bar{a} \times \bar{b}+\bar{b} \times \bar{c}+\bar{c} \times \bar{a}]$.

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If four points $\mathrm{A}(\bar{a}), \mathrm{B}(\bar{b}), C(\bar{c})$ and $\mathrm{D}(\bar{d})$ are coplanar then show that

$\left[\begin{array}{lll}\bar{a} \bar{b} \bar{d}\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{lll}\bar{b} & \bar{c} & \bar{d}\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{lll}\bar{c} & \bar{a} & \bar{d}\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll}\bar{a} \bar{b} & \bar{c}\end{array}\right]$

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Find the value of 'a' so that the volume of parallelopiped a formed by $\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}+a \hat{k}$

aand $a j+\hat{k}$ becomes minimum.

Question is modified.

Find the value of ' $a$ ' so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by $\hat{i}+a \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \hat{j}+a \hat{k}$

and $a \hat{i}+\hat{k}$ becomes minimum.

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Find the value of a for which the vectors $3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+9 \hat{k}$ and $\hat{i}+a \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ are (i) perpendicular (ii) parallel
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If $\bar{a}=3 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\bar{b}=3 \hat{i}-4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$
(i) find $\bar{a} \cdot \bar{b}$
(ii) the angle between $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$.
(iii) the scalar projection of $\bar{a}$ in the direction of $\bar{b}$.
(iv) the vector projection of $\bar{b}$ along $\bar{a}$.
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If $\bar{a}=4 \hat{i}+3 \hat{k}$ and $\bar{b}=-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$ find (i) $|\bar{a}|$, (ii) $\bar{a}+\bar{b}$, (iii) $\bar{a}-\bar{b}$, (iv) $3 b$,
(v) $2 \bar{a}+5 \bar{b}$
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Are the following set of vectors linearly independent?
(i) $\bar{a}=\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, \bar{b}=3 \hat{i}-6 \hat{j}+9 \hat{k}$
(ii) $\bar{a}=-2 \hat{i}-4 \hat{k}, \quad \bar{b}=\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \quad \bar{c}=\hat{i}-4 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$. Interpret the results.
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Let $\bar{b}=4 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}$ and $\bar{c}$ be two vectors perpendicular to each other in the $X Y$-plane. Find

vectors in the same plane having projection 1 and 2 along $\bar{b}$ and $\bar{c}_{\text {, respectively, are given Y }}$

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