JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main Sample Paper-21

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    If \[\overrightarrow{a},\overrightarrow{b},\overrightarrow{c}\] are non-coplanar unit vectors such that \[\overrightarrow{a}\times (\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{c})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{c}),\] then the angle between the vectors \[\overrightarrow{a},\overrightarrow{b}\]  is

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

    B)  \[\frac{\pi }{8}\]

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

    D)  \[\frac{3\pi }{4}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[(\hat{a}.\hat{c})\,\hat{b}-(\hat{a}.\hat{b})\hat{c}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\,\hat{b}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\hat{c}\] \[\therefore \,\hat{a}.\hat{c}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\,\] and \[\hat{a}.\hat{b}\,=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{2}}\,\Rightarrow \,\hat{a}\wedge \hat{c}=\frac{\pi }{4}\,;\,\,\hat{a}\wedge \hat{b}=\frac{3\pi }{4}\]


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