JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper Phase-I (Held on 07-1-2020 Evening)

  • question_answer
    Let \[\vec{a},\text{ }\vec{b}\] and \[\vec{c}\] be three unit vectors such that \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\vec{0}.\] If \[\lambda \,=\vec{a}.\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a}.\] and \[\vec{d}=\vec{a}\times \vec{b}+\vec{b}\times \vec{c}+\vec{c}\times \vec{a}\] then the ordered pair, \[\left( \lambda ,\vec{d} \right)\] is equal to                                 [JEE MAIN Held on 07-01-2020 Evening]

    A) \[\left( \frac{3}{2},3\vec{a}\times \vec{c} \right)\]    

    B) \[\left( -\frac{3}{2},3\vec{c}\times \vec{b} \right)\]

    C) \[\left( -\frac{3}{2},3\vec{a}\times \vec{b} \right)\]

    D) \[\left( -\frac{3}{2},3\vec{b}\times \vec{c} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c]  \[\because \,\,\left| {\vec{a}} \right|=\left| {\vec{b}} \right|=\left| {\vec{c}} \right|=1\]             and  \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\vec{0}\] On squaring both sides \[\,{{\left| {\vec{a}} \right|}^{2}}={{\left| {\vec{b}} \right|}^{2}}={{\left| {\vec{c}} \right|}^{2}}+2(\vec{a}.\,\vec{b}+\vec{a}.\,\vec{c}+\vec{b}.\,\vec{c})=0\] \[\therefore \,\,\,\lambda =\vec{a}.\,\vec{b}+\vec{a}.\,\vec{c}+\vec{b}.\,\vec{c}=-\frac{3}{2}\] and \[\vec{d}=\vec{a}\times \vec{b}+\vec{b}\times \vec{c}+\vec{c}\times \vec{a}\] \[=\,\,\vec{a}\times \vec{b}+\vec{b}\times (-\vec{a}-\vec{b})+(-\vec{a}-\vec{b})\times \vec{a}\] \[=\,\,\vec{a}\times \vec{b}-\vec{b}\times \vec{a}-0-0-\vec{b}\times \vec{a}\] \[=\,3\,(\vec{a}\,\times \vec{b})\] \[\therefore \,\,\,\,\,\,\,(\lambda ,\vec{d})=\left( -\frac{3}{2},3(\vec{a}\times \vec{b}) \right)\]


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