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Standard XII
Mathematics
Addition of Vectors
Let | a + b...
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Let
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
a
+
¯
¯
b
∣
∣
=
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
a
−
¯
¯
b
∣
∣
. If
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
a
×
¯
¯
b
∣
∣
=
λ
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
a
∣
∣
, then
λ
=
A
∣
∣
¯
¯
¯
a
∣
∣
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B
∣
∣
¯
¯
b
∣
∣
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C
1
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2
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Solution
The correct option is
B
∣
∣
¯
¯
b
∣
∣
|
¯
a
+
¯
b
|
=
|
¯
a
−
¯
b
|
|
a
|
2
+
|
b
|
2
+
2
¯
a
⋅
¯
b
=
|
a
|
2
+
|
b
|
2
−
2
¯
a
⋅
¯
b
4
¯
a
⋅
¯
b
=
0
¯
a
⋅
¯
b
=
0
⇒
¯
a
&
¯
b
are perpendicular to each other.
|
¯
a
×
¯
b
|
=
|
¯
a
|
|
¯
b
|
sin
θ
Since
¯
a
&
¯
b
are perpendicular,
θ
=
90
o
=
|
¯
a
|
¯
b
|
sin
90
o
=
|
a
|
|
b
|
∴
λ
=
|
b
|
.
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Q.
Let
a
,
b
and
c
be three vectors satisfying
a
×
b
=
(
a
×
c
)
,
|
a
|
=
|
c
|
=
1
,
|
b
|
=
4
and
|
b
×
c
|
=
√
15
. If
b
−
2
c
=
λ
a
, then
λ
equals
Q.
Let
a
,
b
,
c
be three vectors such that
a
≠
0
and
a
×
b
=
2
a
×
c
,
|
a
|
=
|
c
|
=
1
,
|
b
|
=
4
and
|
b
×
c
|
=
√
15
, if
b
−
2
c
=
λ
a
, then
λ
equals
Q.
If the lines
x
=
1
+
a
,
y
=
−
3
−
λ
a
,
z
=
1
+
λ
a
and
x
=
b
2
,
y
=
1
+
b
,
z
=
2
−
b
are coplanar, then
λ
is equal to
Q.
If
∣
∣ ∣ ∣
∣
a
2
+
λ
2
a
b
+
c
λ
c
a
−
b
λ
a
b
−
c
λ
b
2
+
λ
2
b
c
+
a
λ
c
a
+
b
λ
b
c
−
a
λ
c
2
+
λ
2
∣
∣ ∣ ∣
∣
∣
∣ ∣
∣
λ
c
−
b
−
c
λ
a
b
−
a
λ
∣
∣ ∣
∣
=
(
1
+
a
2
+
b
2
+
c
2
)
3
, then the value of
λ
is
Q.
Let a, b, and c be non-coplanar vectors. If
[
a
+
2
b
2
b
+
c
5
c
+
a
]
=
λ
[
a
b
c
]
, then find
λ
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