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Find an expression for the sine of the angle between the two vectors 3^i+^j+2^k and 2^i2^j+4^k.

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Let a=3^i+^j+2^k and b=2^i2^j+4^k.
|a|=32+12+22=14
|b|=22+22+42=24
a×b=|a||b|sinθ ............. (1)
Now, a×b=^i^j^k312224
=(4+4)^i(124)^j+(62)^k
=8^i8^j8^k
From (1),
sinθ=8^i8^i8^k1424=8(^i^j^k)2×7×2×2×2×3
=8(^i^j^k)421
sinθ=221(^i^j^k) Ans

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