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VECTOR

EXERCISE – I HINTS & SOLUTIONS

Sol.1 C Sol.5 A
  

a  (2 2, 1,4) | b | 10 Diagonals are a  b = (3, 0, 0)
 
  and a  b = (1, 2, 2)
b  a
    
| b |2   2 | a |2
 (a  b).(a  b) 3 1
cos  =     = =
|ab| |a b| 3.3 3
100 = 2 (8 + 1 + 16)
2 = 4   = ±2
   1
2a  b  0  = cos–1  
3

Sol.2 D
Sol.6 D

p = (3, 2, – 1)     2
(a  3b)  (3a  b)
(3,2, 1)
p̂   
14 = 100 (b  a)2 = 100 |b|2 |a|2 sin2 

q = (1, 2, 3) 3
= 100 × 4 × 1 × = 300
4
 1
q (1, 2, 3)
14
Sol.7 B
Perpendicular to the plane of ABC will be area
1
Angle Bisector = pˆ  qˆ = (4, 4, 2) vector
14
1   1    
A = 2 (AB  AC) = 2 (b  a)  (c  a)
 
Sol.3 C
   1      
a  ˆi  ˆj b  2iˆ  kˆ A  a  b  b  c  c  a 
2
   
r a = ba .....(i)
     
(a  b  b  c  c  a)
   
r b = ab .....(ii) Unit vector  
2
Add (i) & (ii)
     
r  (a  b)  0  r  (a  b) = (3, 1, – 1) Sol.8 C
       
[(a  2b  c) , (a  b) , (a  b  c)]
Sol.4 B        
   (a  2b  c) . [(a – b) × (a – b – c)]
| a  b | 8  |a|2 + |b|2 – 2a.b = 64 ..(i)
     
   (a  2b  c) . [(b  a)  c]
| a  b | 10  |a|2 + |b|2 + 2a.b = 100 ..(ii)
      
Add (i) and (ii) equation (a  2b  c) . [b  a  a  c]
2|a|2 + 2|b|2 = 164      
= [a b c] – 0 + 0 + 2 [a b c] – 0 + 0
|b|2 = 82 – 25
  
|b| = 57 3 [a b c]

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Sol.9 A Sol.14 D
       
a || (b  c)  a.b  0 , a.c  0 a.(b  c)  0 ...(i)
          
(a  b).(a  c) = [(a  b) a c] b.(c  a)  0 ...(ii)
          
= [a c a  b] = a . [c × (a × b)] c.(a  b) = 0 ....(iii)
           
= a . [(c.b)a – (a.c)b] = a 2 (b . c) Add all equation a.b  b.c  c.a  0

  
Sol.10 D
|abc| = | a |2  | b |2  | c |2 0
 
a = (1, 1, 1) b = (1, 1, 1) = 9  16  25 = 5 2

c = (2, –3, 0)
      Sol.15 D
v = a  (b  c) = (a.c)b  (a.b)c = (–7, 8, –1)

 
a = (x, y, 2) b = (1, –1, 1)
 ( 7,8, 1) 
c = (1, 2, 0)
v
114  
a.b = 0 a.c = 4
3 x–y+2=0 ... (1)
Reqd. Vector = ( 7iˆ  8 ˆj  k)
ˆ
114 x + 2y = 4 ...(2)
x = 0, y = 2

Sol.11 B a = (0, 2, 2)
       
A .XC [a b c] = a . (b × c)
    
A × XB b × c = (–2, 1, 3)

take cross with A = (0, 2, 2) . (–2, 1, 3) = 2 + 6 = 8 | a |2
    
A  (A  X) = A  B Sol.16 A
     
(d  a) . (a  (b  (c  d)))
  
 CA  A  B
X 
| A |2       
(d  a) . (a  {(b.d)c – (b.c)d})
       
Sol.12 B (d  a) . [(b.d)(a  c) – (b.c)(a  d)]
      
xa  yb  zc  0 (b.d) [ a c d]
(For linearly independent vector)
      Sol.17 C
x(a  b)  y(b  c)  z(c  a)
   
      r . (a + b + c) = 0
xa  yb  zc – (xb  yc  za)  
    
linear combination 0–0=0 r = l (b × c) + m (c × a) + n(a × b)
         
So a  b, b – c, c – a are linearly dependent r.a = l[a b c] ...(i)
vector.    
r.b = m[a b c] ...(ii)

Sol.13 A    
...(iii)
      
r.c = n[a b c]
r  a  p , r . n = 14 so p . n = 0
      
Add them r . (a + b + c) = (l + m + n) [a b c]
(2, 1, 12) . (3, –2, –m) = 0
6 – 2 – 2m = 0  m = 2 l+m+n=0

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Sol.18 A Sol.22 A

           
(a  b)  (r  c)  (b  c)  (r  a)  (c  a)  (r  b) | e1  e2 |  1
  
P W V
| e1 |2  | e2 |2 2 | e1 | | e2 | cos 2  1

        
= P  (r  c)  w  (r  a)  (c  a)  v 2 – 2 cos 2 < 1
               
= (P.c)r – (P.r )c  (W.a)r  (W.r )a  (c.V)a  (a.V)c  
cos 2 > 1/2  0  2 < =0<
3 6
         
= [a b c]r  [a b r ]c  [b c a]r  [b c r ]a 

      Sol.23 B
[c r b]a  [a r b]c

   a  2p ˆi  ˆj (old)
= 2 [a b c]r

a  (p  1)iˆ  ˆj (New)
Sol.19 C  
| a |old  | a |New
Volume of Tetrahedron 4p2 + 1 = (p + 1)2 + 1
Altitude from D =
Area of Face ABC
3p2 – 2p – 1 = 0
   (3p + 1) (p – 1) = 0
[AD AC AB]
= 1   = 111 1
| AB  AC | p=– or p = 1
2 3

Sol.24 C
Sol.20 B
  
Let A be the first term and D is common difference AN = 2b  c 
N(2b – c)


1 1 1 Position vector of x
= A+(p–1) D, = A+(q–1)D, = A+ (r–1)D 
a b C 
µ B(b)
 x
c   
 qr r p p q   2b  c 0  b 1 1
u.v = a +  b  +  c  3 =
 1  1
 
A(0) M(c/3) C(c)
 1 1  1 1  1 1 
1
= q   + r    + p   3 =0 =3
a c  b a  c b 
 1
= q [A + (p – 1)D – A – (r – 1) D],
2 1  

Similarly u.v  0 =  µ = 1, x(b )
  1 1 µ 2
Sol.21 C
        
A.B  A.C and A  B  A  C    
b 3b 
Now check options XN = 2b  c  = c
    2 2
A B  A C

        
c 3  3b 
A  (A  B)  A  (A  C)
MN = 2b  c  3  4 MN = 2  c


       
(A.B)A  | A |2 B  (A  C)A  | A |2 C
 3 
  So XN = MN
BC 4

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Sol.25 A Sol.29 C B" B' B

VOld =
   The locus of B will
[a b c]  
c +c be a straight line
a
       
VNew= [a+b b+c c+a] b + c a 

a+ parallel to OA
 b
   b
= 2 [a b c]
Sol.30 C O A
so m = 2
     
[a b c] = (a × b) . c
Sol.26 C
     
a  b  c , b  d  0 , c.d  0 a1 a2 a3 a1 b1 c1
   b1 b2 b3 a 2 b2 c2
[a b c]2 =
 
=

assume b  ˆi , c  ˆj , d  2iˆ
c1 c 2 c 3 a3 b3 c3
    
d  (a  d)  (d.a)d
2 a  2
d = d
  
a.a a.b a.c 1 cos  cos 
    cos  1 cos 
 d  = b.a b.b b.c =
= a  = ˆi  ˆj  ˆi = ĵ  c    cos  cos  1
2 c.a c.b c.c

Sol.27 A O
 = (1 – cos ) 1  2cos 
Let a1 be of OAB

a2 be of OBC Sol.31 D
   
a3 be of OCA A (a) C (c) |u| = 1; |v| = 1


  
a 4 be of ABC | 2u × 3v | = 1

B (b)
 1    1     1
a1  (a  b) ; a2  (b  c) |u×v|=
2 2 6

 1    1    
a3  (c  a) ; a 4  [(c  a)  (b  a)] 1 1
2 2 | u | | v | sin  = = sin  
6 6
   
a1  a2  a3  a 4  0
As  is acute angle than only one value possible

Sol.28 C B(o)
  Sol.32 D
| a | 8 ; | c | 8  
a = (1, 1, 1), b = (1, –1, 2),
 8 E(3a 8
| CA | 12 /4) 
c = (x, x – 2, – 1)
 
 | a  c | 12
 ˆi ˆj kˆ
 a.c  8  
A(a) C(c)
ab = 1 1 1
 
= (3, –1, –2)
Let the angle be 
1 1 2
 
 3a  4c   
 4  .(a  c) 3 7
 
[Link]  
  
c.(a  b)  0
cos  =   =   =
| CE | | CA | 3a  4c  8
| CA |
4 3x – (x – 2) + 2 = 0  x  2

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Sol.33 D Sol.36 A
   
A (2, –1, –1), B = (1, –3, –5), F1 = (4, 1, –3) F2 = (3, 1, –1)


C = (a, –3, –1) ds = (5, 4, 1) – (1, 2, 3) = (4, 2, –2)
   
  work done = [Link]  F2 .ds = 24 + 16 = 40
AC . CB  0  (a – 2, – 2, 0) . (a – 1, 0, 4) = 0
(a – 1) (a = 2) = 0  a = 1 and 2
Sol.37 C
     
Sol.34 C a, b, c are non-coplaner  a b c   

r = (2, –2, 3) + (1, –1, 4)      
a  2b  3c b  4c (2  1)c 
  
r . (1, 5, 1) = 5 (2,–2,3)  
   
  = (a  2b  3c) . [( b  4c)  (2  1)c]
 a b
L.n = 1 – 5 + 4 = 0      
=  (2 – 1) (a  2b  3c) . (b  c)
So line and plane
(0,1,0)   
are parallel. =  (2 – 1)  a b c 
Let a point on the plane (0, 1, 0)
distance = | b | cos  Sol.38 C
 
| u  v   |2 = | u |2  | v |2  |  |2 – 2 (u.v  v. – .u)
        
a.b a.b 2  15  3 10
=|b|  =  = =
| a || b | |a| 27 3 3  
= 14 – 2 (u.v  v. – .u)


  
u.v .u .v
Given  =  =  and 
 
Sol.35 B |u| |u| |u| .v  0 & .i  0

    .v
u.v  .u  
P(7,–1,2) |v|

| u – v   |2 = 14 – 2 (2 .u )
   

| u – v   |2 = 14
  

N 
b   
| u – v   | = 14
( + 9, 3 + 5, 5 + 5)

Sol.39 D
p'
   1   
(a  b)  c = | b || c | a
3

PN = ( + 2, 3+ 6, 5 + 3)     1   
(a.c)b – (b.c) a = | b || c | a
   3
b = (1, 3, 5) PN . b = 0
( + 2) + 3 (3 + 6) + 5(5 + 3) = 0 1 2 2
cos  =   sin  =
 10( + 2) + 5(5 + 3) = 0
3 3
10 + 20 + 25 + 15 = 0 Sol.40 B
  
35 + 35 = 0  = – 1 | a | = 1, | b | = 2, | c | = 3
    
  p  p' abc = 0
N = (8, 2, 0)  N =
2   
| a  b  c |2= 0
p’ = 2N – P = 2(8, 2, 0) – (7, –1, 2) 
| a |2  | b |2  | c |2 = 0
 
= (16, 4, 0) – (7, –1, 2) = (9, 5, – 2)

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    Sol.45 C
| a |2  | b |2  | c |2 + 2 (a.b  b.c  c.a) = 0
 
  
   a  ˆi  ˆj , b  ˆi  ˆj , c  ˆi  3ˆj  5kˆ
1 + 4 + 9 + 2 (a.b  b.c  c.a) = 0 

 n  kˆ  | c.n | 5
  
 a.b  b.c  c.a = – 7
Sol.46 B
Sol.41 B        
   u  a  b , v  a  b , | a || b | 2
u v w  0      
   | u  v | = | (a  b)  (a  b) |
 
(u  v  w) . [( u  v ) × ( v  w )]
 
   
     = | (a  b)  (a  b) |
(u  p) . [(u – v) × p]
 
      = 2 | a  b | = 2 | a | | b | sin 
(u  p) . [u × p – v × p]

| a |2 | b |2 (a.b)2
      
= – u . (v  p) = – u . (v  (v – w)) 
=2|a||b| = 2 16  (a.b)2
   | a || b |
= – u . (v  w)

Sol.47 C
Sol.42 D
   
r.n  1; r  a  b
AB = –6 î – 10 ĵ + 3 k
ˆ

Direction of lie will be = (b  a)
AD = –2 î – 5 ĵ – 2 k
ˆ

passing through = c
AB . AD  0  
 
r  c  (b  n)
so not a square or rectangle AB  AD so not

a rhombus. Sol.48 B

A (o)
Sol.43 C
 n n
AB = (3, 0, 4)

A(o)
 L N
AC = (5, –2, 4) n
,4)

n
(5
,0


,–

Let A be origin.
(3


,4

 M C (c)
B (c) m
)

D is the mid n
  
point of BC B D C Assume A (0) , B (b) C (c)
(3,0,4) (5,–2,4)
D(4, –1, 4) Position vector of L, M, N

AD = (4, –1, 4)  
 mb   mc 
 
 mc  nb 
 L  N  M m  n 
| AD | 16  1  16 = 33 mn mn  

Sol.44 D 1  
Area of ABC = | c b |
 2
u = (1, 1, 0), v = (1, –1, 0), w = (1, 2, 3)
 

   1  
u.nˆ  0 , v.nˆ  0 then  | w.nˆ | = |± 3| = 3 Area of LMN = | LN  LM |
2
 
where n̂  (u  v)  n̂  2kˆ
    
1  nc  mb   mc  nb  mb 
1 = 2  m  n  
| n̂ | = 1   = ±  2 = ± 1    mn 
2

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1 1 2          
= 2 (n(n  m)  m ) (c  b) (b ×c ) × (c ×a ) = [b c a ] c
(m  n)2
       
(c × a ) × (a ×b ) = [c a b ] a
A( LMN) n2  mn  m2
=      
A( ABC) (m  n)2 So box product = [ a b c ]3 [ a b c ]
  
= [ a b c ]4
Sol.49 C
Sol.51 A
a1 a2 a3 a1 b1 c1
= (a, 1, 1), = (1, b, 1), = (1, 1, c)
b1 b2 b3 a2 b2 c2 a 1 1
c1 c 2 c3 a3 b3 c3
 A B C = 1 b 1 0
  
 
1 1 c
  
a.a a.b a.c 1 1 1
=   1
  
b.a b.b b.c 1 a 1 b 1 c
 
Given c.a  0 & c.b = 0 =      

c.a c.b c.c
Sol.52 A

d  aˆ  bˆ

 4iˆ  3kˆ | 14iˆ  2ˆj  5kˆ | a
2 = +
|a| | a || b | cos 0
6 5 15

 2
d
= | a || b | cos |b| 0 12iˆ  9kˆ  14iˆ  2ˆj  5kˆ
6 =
15
0 0 | c |2 
b
2iˆ  2jˆ  4kˆ 2 ˆ ˆ ˆ
= = (i  j  k)
15 15


= |c|2 [ |a|2 + |b|2 – |a|2 |b|2 cos2 ] Sol.53 B
6 A(c)

 b  3c 
 3 1 2 2 2 C1  2 
= |c|2 |a|2 |b|2 1   = |c| |a| |b|  4  M3(c/2) M2(b + c)
 4 4   2

1  
bc 0
= (a12  a22  a32 ) (b12 + b22 + b32 )
4 A1  2  A(o) M1(b/2) B(b)
 4 
 
Sol.50 C
 
 c  3b 
 
(b  c ) B1  2 
   4 
(a × b)×   
v
1  
Area of A1B1C1 = | A1B1  A1C1 |
   2
=(a × b)× v
1  
      Area of ABC = |bc |
= (a . v ) b – (b .v ) a 2

   
Area of A1B1C1 25
Ratio = =
=[a b c ] b Area of ABC 64

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Sol.55 C Sol.59 B
Let D is of c on line    
Let S(o) , P(a) , Q(b) , R(c)
AC = (1)2  (2)2  (1)2      
= | PQ  RS – QR  PS  RP  QS |
AD = proj. of AC on AD
        
= | (b – a)  (–c) – (c  b) × ( a) + (a  c) × ( b) |
(6)  (2)(3)  1(2)
=
7    
= 2 | (c  b) | = 2 (b  c) = 4 Area of RS
AD = 2
So shortest distance (CD)2 = (AC)2 – (AD)2
=6–4=2 Sol.60 D

CD = 2  11
a = (1, x, 3) cos  =
14
Sol.56 A 
b = (4, 4x – 2, 2)
  
Assume b  ˆi, c = ˆj and a = ˆi + ˆj + kˆ

a.b  
 
a.b  1 , a.c  1 cos  =   |b| = 2 |a|
| a || b |
   
b  c  k = ˆi  ˆj  kˆ = a 11 4  x(4x  2)  6 20
= 2  x = 2 and x = –
14 2|a| 17
Sol.57 A
If the radius of circum centre = r Sol.61 B
  
a = (–2, 1, 1), b = (1, 5, 0), c = (4, 4, – 2)

| OA i | = r where i = 1, 2, 3, ...... n
 
d = 3a  2b

    2
  OA i  | OA i | =  | OA i | | OA i  1 | sin n̂
n = 3(–2, 1, 1) – 2(1, 5, 0)
= (–6, 3, 3) – 2(2, 10, 0) = (–8, –7, 3)
2 2
 r 2 sin nˆ  (n  1)r 2 sin nˆ

= Projection = | d | cos
n n
 
     d.c d.c 31  28  6 66
= (n – 1) (OA1  OA 2 ) = (1 – n) (OA 2  OA1 ) = |d|   =  = = =–11
1
| d || c | | c | 16  16  4 6

Sol.58 A Sol.62 A
ˆi ˆj kˆ
m m 1 m  8

m3 m4 m5 Normal Vector n  2 3 1 = 5(iˆ  ˆj  k) ˆ
m6 m7 m8 1 1 2

Let A =  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ . If  is the angle between
R1  R2 – R1

R2  R2 – R3 vector A and plane then 90 –  will be the angle
between normal and plane
1 1 1
3 3 3 5  5  5 
1 1 1 cos (90 – ) =
= 3 3 = – 9 m  6 m  7 m  8
3 5 3  2  2   2
m6 m7 m8 (      )2
sin2  =    (   )
= – 9 [m + 8 – m – 7 ]–1 [m+8–m– 6] – 1 [m+7–m–6] 3(  2  2   2 )
= – 9 – 2 – 1 = – 12

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