CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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

    A)  0                                            

    B)  \[30{}^\circ \]                  

    C)  \[45{}^\circ \]                  

    D)         \[60{}^\circ \]

    E)  \[90{}^\circ \]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\because \]     \[\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{c}=\overrightarrow{0}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b}=-\overrightarrow{c}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{(\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{b})}^{2}}={{(-\overrightarrow{c})}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{\overrightarrow{a}}^{2}}+{{\overrightarrow{b}}^{2}}+2\overrightarrow{a}.\overrightarrow{b}={{\overrightarrow{c}}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]           \[|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}+|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}+2|\overrightarrow{a}||\overrightarrow{b}|=\cos \theta =|\overrightarrow{c}{{|}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[9+25+2\times 3\times 5\cos \theta =49\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos \theta =\frac{15}{30}=\frac{1}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta =60{}^\circ \]


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