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If a,b, c,d are coplanar vectors then {(a×b)×(c×d)}×(ab)=

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[a b c]a
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[a b c]b
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[a b c]
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0
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Solution

The correct option is D 0
Let us take ¯¯¯aׯ¯b as ¯¯¯x
The question becomes ¯¯¯x×[¯¯cׯ¯¯d]
=(¯¯¯x.¯¯¯d)¯¯c(¯¯¯x.¯¯c)¯¯¯d
=[¯¯¯a¯¯b¯¯¯d]¯¯c[¯¯¯a¯¯b¯¯c]¯¯¯d
Since ¯¯¯a,¯¯b,¯¯c,¯¯¯d are coplanar; the term above becomes 0, implying that the final answer also becomes 0.

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