MATHEMATICS WORKSHEET Vectors

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MATHEMATICS WORKSHEET CLASS – XII VECTORS

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1. If a  2i  2 j  3k , b  i  2 j  k and c  3i  j such that (a   b)  c , then find  .
2. Let a  4iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ , b  iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ and c  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , find a vector d which is perpendicular
To both a & b and is such that d  c  21
3. If a is a unit vector, such that ( x  a)  ( x  a)  8 , find x .
4. If a and b are vectors such that a  2 , b  3 and a  b  4 , find a  b
5. Decompose the vector b  6iˆ  3 ˆj  6kˆ into two vectors, c and d one of which is parallel and
The other perpendicular to the vector c  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ .
6. If a  b  c  0 , a  3 , b  5 and c  7 , find the angle between a & b and also find the value of
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a.b  b.c  c.a .
7. If a  5iˆ  ˆj  7kˆ and b  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , find the value of  for which a  b and a  b are
orthogonal.
8. If a  26 , b  7 and a  b  35 , find a  b
9. If a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and b  ˆj  kˆ , find the vector c such that a  c  b and a  c  3 .
10. Find  when the projection of a  iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ on b  2iˆ  6 ˆj  3kˆ is 4 units.
11. The scalar product of the vector a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ with a unit vector along the sum of vectors
b  2iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ and c  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ is equal to one. Find the value of  and hence find
the unit vector along b  c .
12. The magnitude of the vector product of the vector a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ with a unit vector along the sum of
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vectors b  2i  4 j  5k and c  i  2 j  3k is equal to 2 . Find the value of  .

13. In a triangle OAC , if B is the mid-point of side AC and OA  a , OB  b , then what is OC ?
14. Find a vector of magnitude 171 which is perpendicular to both of the vectors
a  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ and b  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ .
15. If a and b are two unit vectors inclined to the x  axis at angles 30 0 and 120 0 respectively,
then find the value of a  b .
16. If a  3iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ and b  2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ , then express b in the form of b1  b2 such that b1 is
parallel to a and b2 is perpendicular to a .
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17. If a & b are two non -zero vectors such that a  b  a  b , then find the angle between a and
b.
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18. Find the value of iˆ  ˆj  k  ˆj  iˆ  k  k  iˆ  ˆj 
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19. Find the area of the triangle formed by vertices O , A and B , where OA = iˆ  2 ˆj  3k and

OB  3iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ .
20. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 2iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ and iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ . Find the unit vector
Parallel to one of its diagonals and also find its area.

21. If a  2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ , b  iˆ  kˆ , c  2 ˆj  kˆ are three vectors, find the area of the parallelogram having
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diagonals a  b and b c .
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22. Let a , b and c be unit vectors such that a  b  a  c  0 and the angle between b and c is , prove
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that a  2 b  c

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