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For any three vectors a, b, c the expression a -b .b -c ×c -a equals
(a) a b c

(b) 2 a b c

(c) a b c 2

(d) none of these

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(d) none of these

We have a-b.b-c×c-a=a-b.b-c×c-b-c×a =a-b.b×c-c×c-b×a+c×a =a-b.b×c-0-b×a+c×a =a-b.b×c-a-b.b×a+a-b.c×a=a.b×c-b.b×c-a.b×a+b.b×a+a.c×a-b.c×a=abc-0-0+0+0-bca bbc=aba=b ba=0=abc-abc abc=bca=c ab=0

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