CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2004

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

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

    B)  \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    C)  \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2}{225} \right)\]         

    D)         \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    E)  \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

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


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