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Standard XII
Mathematics
Applications of Dot Product
Show that |...
Question
Show that
|
→
a
|
→
b
+
|
→
b
|
→
a
is perpendicular to
|
→
a
|
→
b
−
|
→
b
|
→
a
for any two nonzero vectors
→
a
and
→
b
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Solution
Consider the problem
(
|
→
a
|
→
b
+
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
)
⋅
(
|
→
a
|
→
b
−
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
)
=
|
→
a
|
2
→
b
⋅
→
b
−
|
→
a
|
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
b
⋅
→
a
+
|
→
a
|
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
⋅
→
b
−
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
2
→
a
⋅
→
a
=
|
→
a
|
2
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
2
−
|
→
a
|
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
⋅
→
b
+
|
→
a
|
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
⋅
→
b
−
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
2
|
→
a
|
2
=
0
b
e
c
a
u
s
e
(
→
a
⋅
→
a
=
|
→
a
|
2
,
→
a
⋅
→
b
=
→
b
⋅
→
a
)
Therefore,
|
→
a
|
→
b
+
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
is perpendicular to
|
→
a
|
→
b
−
∣
∣
→
b
∣
∣
→
a
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