respectively w.r.t. the origin $\mathrm{O}$.
Then $\bar{a}=3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \bar{b}=-2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$,
$\bar{c}=3 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \bar{d}=-2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$
$\begin{aligned} \therefore \overline{\mathrm{AB}} & =\vec{b}-\bar{a}=(-2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k})-(3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}) \\ & =-5 \hat{i}-2 \hat{k} \\ \overline{\mathrm{DC}} & =\bar{c}-\bar{d}=(3 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k})-(-2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}) \\ & =5 \hat{i}+2 \hat{k}=-(-5 \hat{i}-2 \hat{k})\end{aligned}$
$\therefore \overline{\mathrm{DC}}=-\overline{\mathrm{AB}}$
$\therefore \overline{\mathrm{DC}}$ is scalar multiple of $\overline{\mathrm{AB}}$
$\therefore \overline{\mathrm{DC}}$ is parallel to $\overline{\mathrm{AB}}$
Also, $|\overline{\mathrm{DC}}|=\sqrt{5^2+2^2}=\sqrt{25+4}=\sqrt{29}$
and $|\overline{\mathrm{AB}}|=\sqrt{(-5)^2+(-2)^2}=\sqrt{25+4}=\sqrt{29}$
$\begin{aligned} & \therefore|\overline{\mathrm{DC}}|=|\overline{\mathrm{AB}}| \\ & \therefore l(\mathrm{AB})=l(\mathrm{DC})\end{aligned}$
∴ opposite sides AB and DC of ABCD are parallel and equal. ∴ ABCD is a parallelogram.
$\begin{aligned} \overline{\mathrm{AB}} & =\bar{b}-\bar{a}=(-2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k})-(3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}) \\ & =-5 \hat{i}-2 \hat{k} \\ \overline{\mathrm{AD}} & =\bar{d}-\bar{a}=(-2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k})-(3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k})\end{aligned}$
$=-5 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$
$\therefore \overline{\mathrm{AB}} \times \overline{\mathrm{AD}}=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ -5 & 0 & -2 \\ -5 & 3 & -3\end{array}\right|$
$\begin{aligned} & =(0+6) \hat{i}-(15-10) \hat{j}+(-15+0) \hat{k} \\ & =6 \hat{i}-5 \hat{j}-15 \hat{k}\end{aligned}$
$\therefore$ area of parallelogram $=|\overline{\mathrm{AB}} \times \overline{\mathrm{AD}}|$
$\begin{aligned} & =\sqrt{6^2+(-5)^2+(-15)^2}=\sqrt{36+25+225} \\ & =\sqrt{286} \text { sq units. }\end{aligned}$










