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The points with position vectors a+b,ab and a+kb are collinear for all real values of k.

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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=Ba where BϵR
In that case all the given vectors will be collinear.
a+b=a+ka=(1+B)a
ab=aka=(1B)a
a+kb=akBa=(1+kB)a
Now the above vectors are clearly collinear as they are collinear with a

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