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Standard XII
Mathematics
Dot Product of Two Vectors
If x̅,y̅,z̅...
Question
If
¯
x
,
¯
y
,
¯
z
are mutually perpendicular vectors of eqaul magnitude, then find the measure of an angle that
¯
x
+
¯
y
+
¯
z
makes with any of the three vectors.
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Solution
Assuming,
¯
¯
¯
x
⊥
¯
¯
¯
y
⊥
¯
¯
¯
z
a
n
d
e
q
u
a
l
m
a
g
n
i
t
u
d
e
i
s
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
y
∣
∣
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
=
k
L
e
t
s
,
(
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
)
.
¯
¯
¯
x
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
⋅
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
.
cos
θ
s
i
m
p
l
i
f
y
o
f
,
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
.
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
x
.
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
x
.
¯
¯
¯
z
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
⋅
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
.
cos
θ
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
2
+
0
+
0
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
⋅
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
.
cos
θ
w
e
k
n
o
w
t
h
a
t
,
k
2
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
⋅
k
.
cos
θ
cos
θ
=
k
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
y
+
¯
z
∣
∣
l
e
t
s
s
q
u
r
i
n
g
o
f
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
2
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
2
+
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
y
∣
∣
2
+
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
2
+
2
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
y
∣
∣
+
2
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
y
∣
∣
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
+
2
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
∣
∣
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
=
k
2
+
k
2
+
k
2
+
0
+
0
+
0
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
2
=
3
k
2
∴
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
¯
¯
y
+
¯
¯
¯
z
∣
∣
=
√
3
k
w
e
h
a
v
e
,
cos
θ
=
k
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
x
+
¯
y
+
¯
z
∣
∣
cos
θ
=
k
√
3
k
=
1
√
3
∴
θ
=
cos
−
1
1
√
3
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¯
x
,
¯
y
,
¯
z
are non-zero vectors, if
(
¯
x
.
¯
y
)
=
π
2
and
¯
z
=
¯
x
+
¯
y
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Q.
If
¯
x
⋅
¯
y
=
¯
x
⋅
¯
z
and
¯
x
×
¯
y
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¯
x
×
¯
z
and
¯
x
≠
¯
0
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¯
y
=
¯
z
.
Q.
Question 15
Let
¯
x
be the mean of
x
1
,
x
2
,
…
…
x
n
, and
¯
y
be the mean of
y
1
,
y
2
,
…
…
y
n
. If
¯
z
represents the mean of
x
1
,
x
2
,
…
…
x
n
,
y
1
,
y
2
,
…
…
y
n
, then
¯
z
is equal to:
A)
¯
x
+
¯
y
B)
¯
x
+
¯
y
2
C)
¯
x
+
¯
y
n
D)
¯
x
+
¯
y
2
n
Q.
If
¯
x
and
¯
y
are the means of two distributions such that
¯
x
<
¯
y
and
¯
z
is the mean of the combined distribution, then which one of the following statements is correct?
Q.
If
|
¯
x
|
=
|
¯
y
|
=
|
¯
x
+
¯
y
|
=
1
then
|
¯
x
−
¯
y
|
= __________
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