CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2004

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    The angle between\[\overrightarrow{a}\]and\[\overrightarrow{b}\]is\[\frac{5\pi }{6}\]and the projection of\[\overrightarrow{a}\]in the direction of\[\overrightarrow{b}\]is\[\frac{-6}{\sqrt{3}},\]then \[|\overrightarrow{a}|\]is equal to:

    A)  6                                            

    B)  \[\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\]

    C)  12                         

    D)         4

    E)  16

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\because \]\[\overrightarrow{a}.\overrightarrow{b}=|\overrightarrow{a}||\overrightarrow{b}|\cos \frac{5\pi }{6}\] \[=-\frac{|\overrightarrow{a}||\overrightarrow{b}|\sqrt{3}}{2}\] Since, the projection of\[\overrightarrow{a}\]in the direction of\[\overrightarrow{b}\] \[\therefore \]  \[-\frac{6}{\sqrt{3}}=-\frac{|\overrightarrow{a}||\overrightarrow{b}|\sqrt{3}}{2|\overrightarrow{b}|}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[|\overrightarrow{a}|=\frac{6\times 2}{3}=4\]


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