CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    If\[\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}=\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{d}\]and\[\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{c}=\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{d},\]then

    A)  \[(\overrightarrow{a}-\overrightarrow{d})=\lambda (\overrightarrow{b}-\overrightarrow{c})\]

    B)  \[(\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{d})=\lambda (\overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{c})\]

    C)  \[(\overrightarrow{a}-\overrightarrow{d})=\lambda (\overrightarrow{c}+\overrightarrow{d})\]

    D)  \[(\overrightarrow{a}+\overrightarrow{d})=\lambda (\overrightarrow{c}-\overrightarrow{d})\]

    E)  None of the above

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Now, \[(\overrightarrow{a}-\overrightarrow{d})\times (\overrightarrow{b}-\overrightarrow{c})\] \[=\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}-\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{c}-\overrightarrow{d}\times \overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{d}\times \overrightarrow{c}\] \[=\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{d}-\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{d}-\overrightarrow{d}\times \overrightarrow{b}+\overrightarrow{d}\times \overrightarrow{c}\] (\[\because \]\[\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{b}=\overrightarrow{c}\times \overrightarrow{d},\overrightarrow{a}\times \overrightarrow{c}=\overrightarrow{b}\times \overrightarrow{d}\] given) \[=\overrightarrow{0}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[(\overrightarrow{a}-\overrightarrow{b})||(\overrightarrow{b}-\overrightarrow{c})\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\vec{a}-\vec{d}\,=\lambda (\vec{b}-\vec{c})\]


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