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Standard XII
Mathematics
Applications of Dot Product
Find the alti...
Question
Find the altitude of a parallelopiped determined by
→
a
,
→
b
,
→
c
if yhe base
→
a
,
&
→
b
and if
→
a
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
^
k
;
→
b
=
2
^
i
+
4
^
j
−
^
k
&
→
c
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
3
^
k
.
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Solution
Given,
→
a
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
^
k
;
→
b
=
2
^
i
+
4
^
j
−
^
k
a
n
d
→
c
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
3
^
k
and the base is a parallelogram determined by
→
a
and
→
b
The altitude of a parallelopiped is given by
h
=
V
o
l
u
m
e
Area of base
=
→
c
⋅
(
→
a
×
→
b
)
|
→
a
×
b
|
→
c
⋅
(
→
a
×
→
b
)
=
∣
∣ ∣
∣
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
4
−
1
∣
∣ ∣
∣
=
1
(
−
1
−
4
)
−
1
(
−
1
−
2
)
+
3
(
4
−
2
)
→
c
⋅
(
→
a
×
→
b
)
=
−
5
+
3
+
6
=
4
→
a
×
→
b
=
∣
∣ ∣ ∣
∣
^
i
^
j
^
k
1
1
1
2
4
−
1
∣
∣ ∣ ∣
∣
=
^
i
(
−
1
−
4
)
−
^
j
(
−
1
−
2
)
+
^
k
(
4
−
2
)
→
a
×
→
b
=
−
5
^
i
+
3
^
j
+
2
^
k
∣
∣
→
a
×
→
b
∣
∣
=
√
(
−
5
)
2
+
(
3
)
2
+
(
2
)
2
=
√
25
+
9
+
4
∣
∣
→
a
×
→
b
∣
∣
=
√
38
Hence,
h
=
4
√
38
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Q.
If
→
a
′
=
^
i
+
^
j
,
→
b
′
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
2
^
k
and
→
c
′
=
2
^
i
+
^
j
−
^
k
.
Then altitude of the parallelopiped formed by the vectors
→
a
,
→
b
,
→
c
having base formed by
→
b
and
→
c
is
(
→
a
,
→
b
,
→
c
and
→
a
′
,
→
b
′
,
→
c
′
are reciprocal system of vectors)
Q.
If
→
a
=
2
^
i
+
^
j
−
3
^
k
,
→
b
=
^
i
−
2
^
j
+
^
k
,
→
c
=
−
^
i
+
^
j
−
4
^
k
and
→
d
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
^
k
, then
|
(
→
a
×
→
b
)
×
(
→
c
×
→
d
)
|
Q.
I: If
→
a
=
3
^
i
−
2
^
j
+
^
k
,
→
b
=
2
^
i
−
4
^
j
−
3
^
k
,
→
c
=
−
^
i
+
2
^
j
+
2
^
k
then
→
a
+
→
b
+
→
c
=
4
^
i
−
4
^
j
II: If
→
a
=
^
i
−
^
j
+
2
^
k
,
→
b
=
2
^
i
+
3
^
j
+
^
k
,
→
c
=
^
i
−
^
k
, then magnitude of
→
a
+
2
→
b
−
3
→
c
is
√
78
Q.
If
→
a
=
2
^
i
+
3
^
j
−
4
^
k
,
→
b
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
^
k
and
→
c
=
4
^
i
+
3
^
k
, then
|
→
a
×
(
→
b
×
→
c
)
|
=
Q.
If
→
a
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
^
k
,
→
b
=
^
i
+
^
j
−
^
k
,
→
c
=
^
i
−
^
j
+
^
k
and
→
d
=
^
i
−
^
j
−
^
k
, then
(
→
a
×
→
b
)
×
(
→
c
×
→
d
)
=
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