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    VECTOR ALGEBRA
    SECTION - A (1 mark)
    1. For what values of , the vectors (2 - 3 ) and ( - 6) are parallel ?
    2. Find the position vector of the centroid of a ABC where a , b and c are the position vectors of the
    vertices A, B and C respectively.
    3. Find position vectors of the points which divides the join of the points 2a - 3b and 3a - 2b externally
    in the ratio 2:3.
    4. Find the projection of the vector +3 +7k on the vector 7 + 8k.
    5. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are 2 - 3 + 4k and -3 + 4 k.
    6. Find the cosine of an acute angle between the vectors 2 - 3 + k and + -2 k.
    7. If | a + b | = | a - b | then find the angle between a and b .
    8. If | a | = 5, | b | = 13 and | a x b | = 25. Find a . b .
    9. Find the position vector of the mid point of the vector joining the points P(2,3,4) and Q(4,1,-2).
    10. Find the value of x for which x( + + k ) is a unit vector.
    11. If the position vector a of the point (5,n) is such that | a | = 13, find the value of n.
    12. If the vector a = 2 - 3 and b = -6 + m are collinear , find the value of m.
    13. If a vector makes angles , , with x-axis, y-axis, z-axis respectively, then what is the value of
    sin2 + sin2 + sin2 .
    14. If | a + b |2 = | a |2 + | b | 2 , what is the angle between a and b ?
    15. If a is a unit vector and ( x - a ).( x + a ) = 8 , then find | x |.

    SECTION - B(4 Marks)


    16. If a unit vector a makes angles with , with and an acute angle with k , then find
    3
    4
    and hence the components of a .
    17. Let a , b and c be the three vectors such that | a | = 3, | b | = 4, | c | = 5and each one of them being
    perpendicular to the sum of the other two, find |a + b+ c |.

    2
    18. If with reference to right handed system of mutually perpendicular unit vectors , and k, = 3 ,
    = 2 + -3 k, then express in the form of = 1 + 2 where 1 is parallel to and 2 is perpendicular
    to .
    19. Let a = + 4 +2k , b = 3 - 2 + 7k and c = 2 + 4k . Find a vector d which is perpendicular to
    both a and b and c . d = 15.
    20. If a , b and c are the position vectors of the vertices A,B and C of a ABC. Show that the area of the
    ABC is 1 |a x b + b x c + c x a |. Also find the condition of the collinearity of these points.
    2
    21. If a , b , and c represents the vectors BC, CA and AB of a ABC, then show that
    a x b= b x c= c x a
    Hence deduce sine formula for a triangle.
    22. If a , b and c are vectors such that a . b = a . c , a x b = a x c and |a | = 0 then prove that b = c .
    23. Three vertices of a triangle are A(0,-1,-2) , B(3,1,4) and C(5,7,1). Show that it is a right angled
    triangle. Also find the other two angles.
    24. If a x b = c x d
    and b = c.

    and

    a x c = b x d , show that

    a - d is parallel to b - c where a = d

    25. If a , b , and c are three mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude, prove that a + b +c is
    equally inclined with vectors a , b and c.
    26. Show that the angle between two diagonals of a cube is cos-1 1 .
    3
    27. If a , b and c are three non zero vectors such that a x b = c and b x c = a
    are mutually at right angles and | b | = 1 and | c | = | a |.

    prove that a , b , c

    28. If a , b and c be unit vectors such that a . b = a . c = 0 and the angle between b and c is
    , prove that a = 2( b x c ).
    6
    29. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, show that magnitude of their difference is 3

    30. If a and b are unit vectors and is the angle between them, then show that sin = 1 | a - b |.
    2
    2

    ANSWERS
    VECTOR ALGEBRA
    1) = 4.

    2) 1 ( a + b + c )
    3

    3) -5b

    4) 60 units

    5) 3 30

    6) cos-1 3

    sq. units

    3
    114

    7) 90

    221

    8)60

    9) 3 + 2 + k

    10) 1
    3

    11) n = 12

    12) m = 9

    13) 2

    14) 90

    15) 3

    16) ; 1 , 1 , 1
    3 2 2 2

    17) 52

    18) 1 = 3 1 and
    2 2

    2 = 1 + 3 3k
    2
    2

    20) b x c + c x a + a x b = 0

    19) 1(160 - 5 +70 k )


    3
    23) 45 , 45

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