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EXERCISE – III SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

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1. The position vector of two points A and B are 6a  2b (ii) Given | a | = 10, | b | = 2 and a .b = 12 then find
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and a  3b . If a point C divides AB in the ratio 3 : 2 | a  b |.
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then show that the position vector of C is 3a  b .
8. Find the shortest distance between the lines :
 ˆ and r  ( ˆi  ˆj  2k)
2. In a OAB, E is the mid-point of OB and D is a point r  (4 ˆi  ˆj)  ( ˆi  2 ˆj  3k) ˆ  (2iˆ  4 ˆj  5k)
ˆ
on AB such that AD : DB = 2 : 1. if OD and AE intersect
at P, then determine the ratio OP : PD using vector 9. (i) Given units vectors m̂, n̂ and p̂ such that
methods.
(m̂ ^ n̂)  p̂^ (m̂  n̂)   , then find value of [ npm
ˆ ˆ ˆ ] in terms
3. If ABCD is a quadrilateral, E and F are the mid- of .
points of AC and BD respectively, then prove that
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AB  AD  CB  CD  4EF (ii) Let a, b, c be three units vectors and a .b  a . c  0 .

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 If the angle between b and c is , then find the
4. If r  ( î  2 ĵ  3k̂ )  ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) and 3
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r  ( î  2 ĵ  3k̂ )  ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) are two lines, then find the value of |[ a b c ]|.

equation of acute angle bisector of two lines.

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10. Let a  ˆi  2 ˆj  3k, ˆ c  3 ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ and
ˆ b  2 ˆi  ˆj  k,
5. If the three successive vertices of a parallelogram 
have the position vectors as, d  3 î  ĵ  2k̂ , then
A(–3, –2, 0); B(3, –3, 1) and C(5, 0, 2). Then find      
(i) If a  (b  c )  pa  qb  rc , then find value of p, q are r..
(i) Position vector of the fourth vertex D

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(ii) Find the value of ( a  b ) × ( a  c ). d
(ii) A vector having the same direction as that of AB

but magnitude equal to AC

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11. Given that x +  2 ( p . x ) p = q , then show that
p
(iii) The angle between AC and BD .
  1    
p. x = ( p . q ) and find x in terms of p and q .
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6. (i) If ê1 and ê 2 are two unit vectors such that
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e1  e 2 is also a unit vector, then find the angle  12. Are the following set of vectors linearly independent?
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between ê1 and ê 2 . (i) a  î  2 ĵ  3k̂, b  3 î  6 ĵ  9k̂

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(ii) a  2 î  4k̂, b  î  2 ĵ  k̂, c  î  4 ĵ  3k̂
  2   2
 a b   ab 
(ii) Prove that   2   2      
a b   | a || b | 
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 bc  c a  ab
13. It is given that x     ; y     , z     ,
[a b c ] [a b c ] [a b c ]
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7. (i) A vector c is perpendiuclar to the vectors   
where a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors. Show that
2 î  3 ĵ  k̂, î  2 ĵ  3k̂ and satisfies the condition   
x, y, z also forms a non-coplanar system. Find the
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c . ( 2 î  ĵ  k̂ )  6  0. Find the vector c . value of x . (a  b)  y . (b  c )  z(c  a) .

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14. The foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin (b) Use vectors to find the circum-radius and in-radius
to the plane is (4, –2, –5), then find the vector equation of a regular tetrahedron in terms of the length k of
of plane. each edge.

15. Find the distance between the parallel planes 22. Find the point R in which the line AB cuts the plane CDE,
  where position vectors of points A, B, C, D, E are respectively
r . (2 î  3 ĵ  6k̂ )  5 and r . ( 6 î  9 ĵ  18k̂ )  20  0 .    
a  î  2 ĵ  k̂, b  2 î  ĵ  2k̂, c  4 î  4k̂, d  2 î  2 ĵ  2k̂
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16. If a, b are two unit vectors and  is the angle and e  4 î  ĵ  2k̂ .

between them, then show that

23. Show that the circumcentre of the tetrahedron
 1         
a2 (b  c )  b 2 (c  a)  c 2 (a  b)

(i) sin = | a – b |
2 2 OABC is given by  , where
2[a b c ]
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a, b & c are the position vectors of the points A, B, C
 1  
2 ab
(ii) cos = | | respectively relative to the origin 'O'.
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24. Examine for coplanarity of the following sets of points
17. In a tetrahedron, if two pairs of opposite edges
(i) 4 ˆi  8 ˆj  12k,
ˆ 2iˆ  4 ˆj  6k,
ˆ 3 ˆi  5 ˆj  4k,
ˆ 5 ˆi  8 ˆj  5k.
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are perpendicular, then show that the third pair of
opposite edges is also perpendicular and in this case            
the sum of the squares of two opposite edges is the (ii) 3a  2b  5c, 3a  8b  5c,  3a  2b  c, a  4b  3c.
same for each pair. Also show that the segment joining
the mid points of opposite edges bisect one another. 25. The position vectors of the angular points of a
tetrahedron are A(3 î  2 ĵ  k̂ ), B(3 î  ĵ  5k̂ ) , C( 4 î  k̂ )
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18. (i) Let A  2iˆ  k,
ˆ B  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and C  4 î  3 ĵ  7k̂ .
and D( î ) . Then find the acute angle between the
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Determine a vector R satisfying R  B  C  B and lateral faces ADC and the base ABC.
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R. A  0  
26.The three vectors a  4 ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ ; b  2 ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and
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c  2 î  k̂ are all drawn from the point with position
(ii) Find vector v which is coplanar with the vectors
vector î – ĵ . Find the equation of the plane containing
î  ĵ  2k̂ and î  2 ĵ  k̂ and is orthogonal to the vector their end point.
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 2 î  ĵ  k̂ . It is given that the projection of v along 
27. Line L1 is parallel to vector   3 î  2 ĵ  4k̂ and
the vector î  ĵ  k̂ is equal to 6 3 . passes through a point A(7, 6, 2) and line L2 is parallel
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to a vector   2 î  ĵ  3k̂ and passes through a point
19. In triangle ABC using vector method show that B(5, 3, 4). Now a line L 3 parallel to a vector
the distance between the circumcentre and the 
r  2 î  2 ĵ  k̂ intersects the lines L1 and L2 at points C
orthocentre is R 1 8 cos A cos B cos C , where R is the and D respectively, then find | CD |.
circumradius of the triangle ABC.

20. Find the equation of line of intersection of the

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planes r .(3 î  ĵ  k̂ )  1 and r . ( î  4 ĵ  2k̂ )  2 .

21. (a) Use vectors to prove that the acute angle

between the plane faces of a regular tetrahedron is
arc cos (1/3).

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