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Test for Coplanarity

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Let the vectors $\to a, \to b, \to c$ be given as $a_{1}^i + a_{2}^j + a_{3}^k, b_{1}^i + b_{2}^j + b_{3}^k, c_{1}^i + c_{2}^j + c_{3}^k$ . Then show that $\to a \times (\to b + \to c) = \to a \times \to b + \to a \times \to c$

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$(¯ b + ¯ c)$
$∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ \begin{matrix} ^i & ^j & ^k a_{1} & a_{2} & a_{3} b_{1} + c_{1} & b_{2} + c_{2} & b_{3} + c_{3} \end{matrix} ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣$
$^i (a_{2} (b_{2} + c_{2}) - a_{2} (b_{2} + c_{2})) -^j$
$(a_{1} (b_{3} + c_{3}) - a_{3} (b_{1} + c_{1}) +^k$ ...... $(1)$
$¯ a \times ¯ b = ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ \begin{matrix} ^i & ^j & ^k a_{1} & a_{2} & a_{3} b_{1} & b_{2} & b_{3} \end{matrix} ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣$
$=^i (a_{2} b_{3} - a_{3} b_{2}) -^j (a_{1} b_{3} - a_{3} b_{1})$
$+^k (a_{1} b_{2} - a_{2} b_{1})$
$¯ a \times ¯ c = ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ \begin{matrix} ^i & ^j & ^k a_{1} & a_{2} & a_{3} c_{1} & c_{2} & c_{3} \end{matrix} ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣$
$=^i (a_{2} c_{3} - a_{3} c_{2}) -^j (a_{1} c_{3} - a_{3} c_{1})$
$+^k (a_{1} c_{2} - a_{2} c_{1})$
$(¯ a \times ¯ b) + (¯ a \times ¯ c)$
$\Rightarrow^i (a_{2} b_{3} - a_{3} b_{2} + a_{2} c_{3} - a_{3} c_{2})$
$-^j (a_{1} b_{3} - a_{3} b_{1} + a_{1} c_{2} - a_{2} c_{1})$
$+^k (a_{1} b_{2} - a_{2} b_{1} + a_{1} c_{2} - a_{2} c_{1})$
$\Rightarrow^i (a_{2} (b_{3} + c_{3}) - a_{3} (b_{2} + c_{2}))$
$-^j (a_{1} (b_{3} + c_{3}) - a_{3} (b_{1} + c_{1}))$
$+^k (a_{1} (b_{2} + c_{2} - a_{2} (b_{1} + c_{1}))$ ....... $(2)$
from $(1)$ & $(2)$
$¯ a \times (¯ b + ¯ c) = (¯ a \times ¯ b) + (¯ a \times ¯ c)$

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