JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Vector Algebra Question Bank Scaler or Dot product of two vectors and its application

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    If a, b, c are three vectors such that \[\mathbf{a}=\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}\] and the angle between b and c is \[\pi /2,\] then             [EAMCET 2003]

    A)             \[{{a}^{2}}={{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}\]

    B)             \[{{b}^{2}}={{c}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}\]

    C)             \[{{c}^{2}}={{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}\]

    D)             \[2{{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}={{c}^{2}}\] (Note : Here \[a=\,\,|\mathbf{a}|,\,\,b=\,|\,\mathbf{b}|,\,\,c=\,|\mathbf{c}|)\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               Given that \[\Rightarrow \mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{c}\] and angle between b and c is \[\frac{\pi }{2}\].                    So,   \[{{\mathbf{a}}^{2}}={{\mathbf{b}}^{2}}+{{\mathbf{c}}^{2}}+2\,\mathbf{b}\,\mathbf{.}\,\mathbf{c}\]                    or    \[{{\mathbf{a}}^{2}}={{\mathbf{b}}^{2}}+{{\mathbf{c}}^{2}}+2|\mathbf{b}||\mathbf{c}|\,\cos \frac{\pi }{2}\]                    or   \[{{\mathbf{a}}^{2}}={{\mathbf{b}}^{2}}+{{\mathbf{c}}^{2}}+0,\,\,\,\,\,\therefore \,\,{{\mathbf{a}}^{2}}={{\mathbf{b}}^{2}}+{{\mathbf{c}}^{2}}\]                                 i.e., \[{{a}^{2}}={{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}\].


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