The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors ^a,^b,^c such that ^a.^b=^b⋅^c=^c.^a=12. Then the volume of the parallelopiped is
A
1√2
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B
12√2
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C
√32
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D
1√3
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Solution
The correct option is A1√2 Volume =∣∣^a.(^b×^c)∣∣=
⎷∣∣
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∣∣^a.^a^a.^b^a.^c^b.^a^b.^b^b.^c^c.^a^c.^b^c.^c∣∣
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∣∣=
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∣∣11/21/21/211/21/21/21∣∣
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∣∣=1√2