JEE Main & Advanced Physics Vectors Question Bank Topic Test - Vectors

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    Unit vector perpendicular to vector \[\vec{A}\,=3\hat{i}+\,\hat{j}\] and \[\vec{B}\,=2\hat{i}-\,\hat{j}-5\hat{k}\] both is

    A) \[\pm \,\frac{3j-2\hat{k}}{\sqrt{11}}\]

    B) \[\pm \,\frac{(\hat{i}-3\hat{j}+\,\hat{k})}{\sqrt{11}}\]

    C) \[\pm \,\frac{-\hat{j}+2\,\hat{k}}{\sqrt{13}}\]

    D) \[\pm \,\frac{\hat{i}+3\hat{j}-\,\hat{k}}{\sqrt{13}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] The unit vector in normal direction is \[\hat{n}\pm \,\frac{\vec{A}\times \,\vec{B}}{|\vec{A}|\,|\vec{B}|\,\sin \,\theta }\]
    Here, \[\vec{A}\times \,\vec{B}\,=\,\left| \begin{matrix}    {\hat{i}} & {\hat{j}} & {\hat{k}}  \\    3 & 1 & 0  \\    2 & -1 & -5  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]
    \[=-5\hat{i}+15\hat{j}-5\hat{k}\]
    \[|\vec{A}|=\,\sqrt{{{3}^{2}}+{{1}^{2}}}\,=\sqrt{10}\]
    \[|\vec{B}|=\,\sqrt{{{(2)}^{2}}\,+\,{{(-1)}^{2}}+\,{{(-5)}^{2}}}=\sqrt{30}\]
    \[\cos \,\theta \,=\frac{\vec{A}\,.\vec{B}}{|\vec{A}|\,|\vec{B}|}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}\]
    \[\therefore \]      \[\sin \,\theta =\,\sqrt{1-\,{{\cos }^{2}}\theta }\,=\frac{\sqrt{11}}{2\sqrt{3}}\]
    \[\therefore \]      \[\hat{n}\,\,\pm \,\frac{-5\hat{i}+\,15\hat{j}-5\hat{k}}{\sqrt{10}\,.\,\sqrt{30}\,.\,\frac{\sqrt{11}}{2\sqrt{3}}}\]
    \[=\,\pm \,\frac{(\hat{i}-3\hat{j}+\,\hat{k})}{\sqrt{11}}\]


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