CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2002

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    For any three vectors\[\overrightarrow{a},\overrightarrow{b},\overrightarrow{c},\] \[\overrightarrow{a}\times (\overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{c})+\overrightarrow{b}\times (\overrightarrow{c}+\vec{a})+\vec{c}\times (\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b})\]is:

    A)  \[\vec{0}\]              

    B)                         \[\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{c}\]

    C)                         \[\overrightarrow{a}.(\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{c})\]                                 

    D)                         \[(\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}).\overrightarrow{c}\]

    E)                         none of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    \[\overrightarrow{a}\times (\overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{c})+\overrightarrow{b}\times (\overrightarrow{c}+\overrightarrow{a})+\overrightarrow{c}\times (\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b})\] \[=\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{c}+\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{c}+\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{a}\]\[+\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{b}\] \[=\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}-\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{c}-\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}\]\[+\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{a}-\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{c}\] \[=\overrightarrow{0}\]               


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