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Assignment on dot product

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(1) Find a. b when
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(i) a = iˆ − 2 ˆj + kˆ and b = 3iˆ − 4 ˆj − 2kˆ (ii) a = 2iˆ + 2 ˆj − kˆ and b = 6iˆ − 3 ˆj + 2kˆ.
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(2) Find the value l for which the vectors a and b are perpendicular, where
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(i) a = 2iˆ + λ ˆj + kˆ and b = iˆ − 2 ˆj + 3kˆ (ii) a = 2iˆ + 4 ˆj − kˆ and b = 3iˆ − 2 ˆj + λ kˆ.
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(3) If a and b are two vectors such that | a | = 10,| b | = 15 and a ⋅ b = 75 2 , find the angle
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between a and b .

(4) Find the angle between the vectors

(i) 2iˆ + 3 ˆj − 6kˆ and 6iˆ − 3 ˆj + 2kˆ (ii) iˆ − ˆj and ˆj − kˆ.


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(5) If a , b , c are three vectors such that a + 2b + c = 0 and | a |= 3, | b |= 4, | c |= 7 , find the
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angle between a and b .
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(6) Show that the vectors a = 2iˆ + 3 ˆj + 6kˆ , b = 6iˆ + 2 ˆj − 3kˆ, and c = 3iˆ − 6 ˆj + 2kˆ are

mutually orthogonal.

(7) Show that the vectors −iˆ − 2 ˆj − 6kˆ, 2iˆ − ˆj + kˆ, and − iˆ + 3 ˆj + 5kˆ form a right angled triangle.
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(8) If | a |= 5, | b |= 6, | c |= 7 and a + b + c = 0 , find a ⋅ b + b ⋅ c + c ⋅ a .

(9) Show that the points (2, - 1, 3), (4, 3, 1) and (3, 1, 2) are collinear.
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(10) If a , b are unit vectors and q is the angle between them, show that
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θ 1   θ 1   θ | a −b |
(i) sin = | a − b | (ii) cos = | a + b | (iii) tan =   .
2 2 2 2 2 |a +b |
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(11) Let a , b , c be three vectors such that | a |= 3, | b |= 4, | c |= 5 and each one of them being
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perpendicular to the sum of the other two, find | a + b + c | .

(12) Find the projection of the vector iˆ + 3 ˆj + 7 kˆ on the vector 2iˆ + 6 ˆj + 3kˆ .
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(13) Find l, when the projection of a = λiˆ + ˆj + 4kˆ on b = 2iˆ + 6 ˆj + 3kˆ is 4 units.
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(14) Three vectors a , b and c are such that | a |= 2, | b |= 3,| c |= 4 , and a + b + c = 0 . Find
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4a ⋅ b + 3b ⋅ c + 3c ⋅ a.

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