KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-19

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    Let \[\vec{a}={{a}_{1}}\hat{i}+{{a}_{2}}\hat{j}+{{a}_{3}}\hat{k},\] \[\vec{b}={{b}_{1}}\hat{i}+{{b}_{2}}\hat{j}+{{b}_{3}}\hat{k},\] and \[\vec{c}={{c}_{1}}\hat{i}+{{c}_{2}}\hat{j}+{{c}_{3}}\hat{k},\] be three nonzero vectors such that \[\left| \,\,\vec{c}\,\, \right|=1\] angle between \[\vec{a}\] and \[\vec{b}\] is \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]and \[\vec{c}\] perpendicular to \[\vec{a}\] and \[\vec{b}\] ,then

    A) \[\frac{1}{2}\]

    B) \[\frac{1}{4}\]   

    C) 1         

    D) 2

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Hint: \[[\vec{a}\,\vec{b}\,\vec{c}]=\vec{a}.(\vec{b}\,\times \,\vec{c})=\left| \begin{matrix}    {{a}_{1}} & {{a}_{2}} & {{a}_{3}}  \\    {{b}_{1}} & {{b}_{2}} & {{b}_{3}}  \\    {{c}_{1}} & {{c}_{2}} & {{c}_{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]
    \[[\vec{a}\,\,\vec{b}\,\,\vec{c}]=(\vec{a}\,\,\times \,\,\vec{b}\,).\vec{c}\]
    \[[\vec{a}\,\,\vec{b}\,\,\vec{c}]=\pm \,\,\left| \,\vec{a}\,\,\times \,\,\vec{b}\, \right|\,\,\left| \,\vec{c}\, \right|\cos 0\] 
    \[\because \vec{c}\,||\,\vec{a}\,\,\times \,\,\vec{b}\] \[{{[\vec{a}\,\,\vec{b}\,\,\vec{c}]}^{2}}=\,{{\left| \,\overrightarrow{a}\, \right|}^{2}}{{\left| \,\vec{b}\, \right|}^{2}}\,\,\,\,{{\sin }^{2}}\frac{\pi }{2}\]
    \[{{[\vec{a}\,\,\vec{b}\,\,\vec{c}]}^{2}}=\frac{1}{2}{{\left| \,\overrightarrow{a}\, \right|}^{2}}{{\left| \,\vec{b}\, \right|}^{2}}\]
    \[\left| \begin{matrix}    {{a}_{1}} & {{a}_{2}} & {{a}_{3}}  \\    {{b}_{1}} & {{b}_{2}} & {{b}_{3}}  \\    {{c}_{1}} & {{c}_{2}} & {{c}_{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=\frac{1}{2}(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2})(b_{1}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+b_{3}^{2})\]
    \[\lambda =\frac{1}{2}\]


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