JEE Main & Advanced Physics Vectors Question Bank Multiplication of Vectors

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    If \[|\vec{A}\times \vec{B}|=\sqrt{3}\vec{A}.\vec{B},\] then the value of\[|\vec{A}+\vec{B}|\] is [CBSE PMT 2004]

    A)                 \[{{\left( {{A}^{2}}+{{B}^{2}}+\frac{AB}{\sqrt{3}} \right)}^{1/2}}\]

    B)                             \[A+B\]

    C)                 \[{{({{A}^{2}}+{{B}^{2}}+\sqrt{3}AB)}^{1/2}}\]   

    D)                 \[{{({{A}^{2}}+{{B}^{2}}+AB)}^{1/2}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                        \[|\,\overrightarrow{A}\times \overrightarrow{B}|\,=\sqrt{3}(\overrightarrow{A}.\overrightarrow{B})\]                                 \[AB\sin \theta =\sqrt{3}AB\cos \theta \]\[\Rightarrow \] \[\tan \theta =\sqrt{3}\]\\[\theta =60{}^\circ \]                                 Now \[|\overrightarrow{R}|\,=\,|\overrightarrow{A}+\overrightarrow{B}|\,=\sqrt{{{A}^{2}}+{{B}^{2}}+2AB\cos \theta }\]                                 \[=\sqrt{{{A}^{2}}+{{B}^{2}}+2AB\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}\]\[={{({{A}^{2}}+{{B}^{2}}+AB)}^{1/2}}\]


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