JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 2

  • question_answer
    If \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0,\]\[|\vec{a}|\,=3,\] \[|\vec{b}|\,=5,\]\[|\vec{c}|\,=7,\] then the angle between a and b is:

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

    B) \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]

    C) \[\frac{2\pi }{3}\]                               

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

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    If \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0,\] \[|\vec{a}|=3,\] \[|\vec{b}|=5,\] \[|\vec{c}|=7\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\vec{a}+\vec{b}=-\,\vec{c}\,\Rightarrow \,\,{{\left( \vec{a}+\vec{b} \right)}^{2}}={{\vec{c}}^{2}}\]\[\Rightarrow \,\,\,{{\vec{a}}^{2}}+{{\vec{b}}^{2}}+2\vec{a}.\vec{b}\,\cos \theta ={{\vec{c}}^{2}}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,{{3}^{2}}+{{5}^{2}}+2\times 3\times 5\cos \theta ={{7}^{2}}\]\[\Rightarrow \,\,\,9+25+30\cos \theta =49\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,30\cos \theta =49-34\]\[\Rightarrow \,\,\,30\cos \theta -15\Rightarrow cos\theta =\frac{15}{30}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\cos \theta =\frac{1}{2}\Rightarrow \cos \theta =\cos \frac{\pi }{3}\]\[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\theta =\frac{\pi }{3}\]


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