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Standard XII
Mathematics
Test for Collinearity of Vectors
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The points with position vectors
→
a
+
→
b
,
→
a
−
→
b
and
→
a
+
k
→
b
are collinear for all real values of
k
.
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Solution
The above statement is false if
→
a
and
→
b
are non-collinear and true if
→
a
and
→
b
are collinear
From the figure it is clear that the two vectors are not collinear
However if
→
a
&
→
b
are collinear then
→
b
can be written as a multiply of
→
a
, that is
→
b
=
B
→
a
where
B
ϵ
R
In that case all the given vectors will be collinear.
→
a
+
→
b
=
→
a
+
k
→
a
=
(
1
+
B
)
→
a
→
a
−
→
b
=
→
a
−
k
→
a
=
(
1
−
B
)
→
a
→
a
+
k
→
b
=
→
a
k
B
→
a
=
(
1
+
k
B
)
→
a
Now the above vectors are clearly collinear as they are collinear with
→
a
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