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Lab Activity 8-Class Xii (2021-22)

The document describes a geometry activity to verify that the distributive property of vector multiplication over addition holds true. Students are asked to construct parallelograms to represent vectors and their cross products. By calculating and comparing the areas of the parallelograms, it can be shown that c×(a+b) equals c×a + c×b, demonstrating the distributive property geometrically.

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Lab Activity 8-Class Xii (2021-22)

The document describes a geometry activity to verify that the distributive property of vector multiplication over addition holds true. Students are asked to construct parallelograms to represent vectors and their cross products. By calculating and comparing the areas of the parallelograms, it can be shown that c×(a+b) equals c×a + c×b, demonstrating the distributive property geometrically.

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LOTUS VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, GURGAON

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (041)


CLASS: XII
ACTIVITY 8

⃗ c × ⃗a + c⃗ × b⃗
OBJECTIVE: To verify geometrically that c⃗ ×(⃗a + b)=⃗

MATERIAL REQUIRED: Geometry box, cardboard, white paper, cutter, sketch pen,
cellotape.

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION

1. Fix a white paper on the cardboard.


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2. Draw a line segment OA (= 6 cm, say) and let it represent c .

3. Draw another line segment OB (= 4 cm, say) at an angle (say 60○) with OA.
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Let OB =a

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4. Draw BC (= 3 cm, say) making an angle (say 30○) with OA . Let BC =b
5. Draw perpendiculars BM, CL and BN.

6. Complete parallelograms OAPC, OAQB and BQPC.

DEMONSTRATION
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1. OC =OB + BC =a + b , and let ∠COA=α .

2. |c × ( a + b )|=|c||a + b| sin α = area of parallelogram OAPC.


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3. |c × a| = area of parallelogram OAQB.


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4. |c × b| = area of parallelogram BQPC.


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5. Area of parallelogram OAPC = (OA) (CL)

= (OA) (LN + NC) = (OA) (BM + NC)

= (OA) (BM) + (OA) (NC)

= Area of parallelogram OAQB + Area of parallelogram BQPC

= |c × a| + |c × b|
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So, c ×( a +b ) = c × b + c × b
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Direction of each of these vectors c ×(a + b ) , c × a and c × b is perpendicular to the same
plane.
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So, c ×(a + b )=c × a + c × b .

OBSERVATION

|c |=|OA| = OA = ___________
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|a +b|=|OC| = OC = ________
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CL = ________

|c ×(a +b )|
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= Area of parallelogram OAPC
= (OA) (CL) = _____________ sq. units ….. (i)

|c × a|
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= Area of parallelogram OAQB

= (OA) (BM) = ________ × ________ = __________ ….. (ii)

|c × b|
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= Area of parallelogram BQPC

= (OA) (CN) = ________ × ________ = __________ ….. (iii)

From (i), (ii) and (iii),

Area of parallelogram OAPC = Area of parallelogram OAQB + Area of Parallelogram ______.

Thus, |c ×|( a + b )∨¿|c × a|+|c × b|


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c × a , c × b and c ×( a + b ) are all in the direction of ________ to the plane of paper.
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Therefore its verified geometrically that c ×(a + b ) = c × a +c⃗ × b⃗

APPLICATION

Through the activity, distributive property of vector multiplication over addition can be
explained.

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