BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    If \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\vec{o}\]and \[|\vec{a}|=3,|\vec{b}|=4\]and \[|\vec{c}|=\sqrt{37},\]then the angle between \[\vec{a}\]and \[\vec{b}\] is

    A)  \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]                  

    B)         \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]                  

    C)  \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]                  

    D)         \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Since, \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\vec{0}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\vec{a}+\vec{b}=-\vec{c}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{(\vec{a}+\vec{b})}^{2}}={{(-\vec{c})}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[|\vec{a}{{|}^{2}}+|\vec{b}{{|}^{2}}+2|\vec{a}||\vec{b}|\cos \theta =|\vec{c}{{|}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[9+16+2.3.4\cos \theta =37\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[24\,\cos \theta =37-25\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos \theta =\frac{1}{2}=\cos \frac{\pi }{3}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta =\frac{\pi }{3}\]


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