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Assertion: Statement I: The dot product of one vector with another vector may be a scalar or a vector.

Reason: Statement-II: The product of two vectors is a vector quantity, then the product is called a dot product.

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Statement-I is false, Statement-II is true.
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Both Statement-I and Statement-II are false.
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Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true ; Statement-II is correct explanation for Statement-I.
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Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true ; Statement-II is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-I.
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Solution

  1. Dot product of two vectors aandb is given bya.b=|a|bcosθ .
  2. The dot product of two vectors is always gives a scalar.
  3. That is why it is also called scalar product.

  4. The cross-product of two vectors is always a vector. Thus, both statements are incorrect.

The correct option is B - Both Statement-I and Statement-II are false.​



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