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Standard XII
Physics
Unit Vectors
If a⃗ = 2î ...
Question
If
→
a
=
(
2
^
i
−
4
^
j
+
5
^
k
)
then find the value of
λ
so that
λ
→
a
may be a unit vector.
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Solution
Solution-
|
λ
→
a
|
=
1
|
→
a
|
=
1
x
λ
=
1
|
→
a
|
λ
=
1
√
2
2
+
(
−
4
)
2
+
5
2
λ
=
1
√
45
=
1
3
√
5
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Q.
If
→
a
=
2
^
i
+
4
^
j
−
5
^
k
,
→
b
=
^
i
+
^
j
+
^
k
,
→
c
=
^
j
+
2
^
k
, then the unit vectors parallel to
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→
a
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^
i
+
^
j
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^
k
with a unit vector along the sum of vectors
→
b
=
2
^
i
+
4
^
j
−
5
^
k
and
→
c
=
λ
^
i
+
2
^
j
+
3
^
k
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λ
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→
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Q.
If
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r
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^
i
+
2
^
j
−
5
^
k
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a
=
2
^
i
−
^
j
+
^
k
,
→
b
=
^
i
+
3
^
j
−
2
^
k
,
→
c
=
−
2
^
i
+
^
j
−
3
^
k
such that
→
r
=
λ
→
a
+
μ
→
b
+
v
→
c
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μ
,
λ
2
,
v
are in
Q.
Find the value of
λ
for which the vectors
2
^
i
−
4
^
j
+
5
^
k
,
^
i
−
λ
^
j
+
^
k
and
3
^
i
+
2
^
j
−
5
^
k
are coplanar.
Q.
If
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a
is a nonzero vector of magnitude
′
a
′
and
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a nonzero scalar, then
λ
→
a
is unit vector if
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