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Let $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be the position vectors of four points $A, B, C$ and $D$ respectively. If a point $P$ divides $A B$ in the ratio $2: 1$ internally and a point $Q$ divides $C D$ in the ratio $1: 2$ externally, then the ratio in which the point with position vectors $5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ divides $P Q$ is
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \mathbf{b}=2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors such that $\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{a}=\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}$, then the unit vector in the direction of $\mathbf{r}$ is
If $\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c}$ are three units vectors such that $\mathbf{a} \times(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c})=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \mathbf{b}+\frac{\mathbf{c}}{\mathbf{2}}$ and $\alpha, \beta$ are the angles between $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{c}$ and $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ respectively, then $\alpha+\beta=$
$P$ is the circumcentre of $\triangle A B C$. If the position vectors of $A, B, C$ and $P$ are $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}, \frac{\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}}{4}$ respectively, then the position vector of the orthocentre of this triangle is
If the position vectors of $A, B, C, D$ are $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ respectively, then the quadrilateral $A B C D$ is a
The set of all real values of $c$ so that the angle between the vectors $\mathbf{a}=c x \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 c x \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is an obtuse angle for all real $x$ is
Let $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be three vectors. If $\mathbf{r}$ is a vector such that $\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{a}=\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{c}=18$, then the magnitude of the orthogonal projection of $4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ on $\mathbf{r}$ is
If $\mathbf{u}, \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{w}$ are non-coplanar vectors and $p, q$ are real numbers, then the equality $[3 \mathbf{u} p \mathbf{v} p \mathbf{w}]-[p \mathbf{v} \mathbf{w} q \mathbf{u}]-[2 \mathbf{w} q \mathbf{v} q \mathbf{u}]=0$ holds for
Let $(x, y) \in R \times R$ and $\mathbf{a}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-y\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be two vectors. If
$$ |\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|^2+|\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}|^2=f(x) g(y), \text { then } f(x)+g(y)-46=0 $$
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$\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ are the position vectors of three non-collinear points on a plane. If
$$ \alpha=[\mathbf{a b c}] \text { and } \mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{c} \text {, then }\left|\frac{\alpha}{\mathbf{r}}\right| $$
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If $P=(\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{i}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{j}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{k}})^2$ and $Q=(\mathbf{a} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{i}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{j}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{k}})^2$, then
$\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors. If $\mathbf{r}$ is a vector such that $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{a}=0, \mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{c}=3$ and $\left[\begin{array}{ll}\mathbf{r} & \mathbf{a} \\ \mathbf{b}\end{array}\right]=0$, then $|\mathbf{r}|=$
In a right angled triangle, if the position vector of the vertex having the right angle is $-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and the position vector of the mid-point of its hypotenuse is $6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then the position vector of its centroid is
If the position vectors of the vertices $A, B, C$ of a triangle are $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 5(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$ respectively, then the magnitude of the altitude drawn from $A$ on to the side $B C$ is
If the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $p \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are coplanar, then the unit vector in the direction of the vector $9 p \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
Let $\mathbf{a}=4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ be two perpendicular vectors in the $X O Y$-plane. A vector $\mathbf{c}$ in the same plane and having projections 1 and 2 respectively on $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ is
If $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors, then the vector of magnitude 28 units in the direction of the vector $\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}$ is
If $\bar{a}$ is a unit vector, then
$$ |\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{i}}|^2+|\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{j}}|^2+|\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{k}}|^2= $$
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{d}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are four vectors, then $(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times(\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{d})=$
$3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ are the position vectors of three non-collinear points $A, B, C$ respectively. If the perpendicular drawn from $C$ onto $\mathbf{A B}$ meets $\mathbf{A B}$ at the point $a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+b \hat{\mathbf{j}}+c \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then $a+b+c=$
If the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+l \hat{\mathbf{k}},-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 l \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 / \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ form a right-angled triangle for a positive value of $l$, then the length of its hypotenuse is
A unit vector that is perpendicular to the vector $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and coplanar with the vectors $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
If the magnitudes of $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}$ are respectively 3,4 and 5 , then the magnitude of $\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}$ is
If $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}},-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are the position vectors of four points $A, B, C, D$ respectively, then the shortest distance between the lines $A B$ and $C D$ is
A line segment $P Q$ has the length 63 and direction ratios $(3,-2,6)$. If this line makes an obtuse angle with $X$-axis, then the components of the vector $\mathbf{P Q}$ are
The points in the argand plane represented by the complex numbers $4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ form
If the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-7 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is along the internal bisector of the angle between the vectors $\mathbf{a}$ and $-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and the unit vector along $\mathbf{a}$ is $x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+y \hat{\mathbf{j}}+z \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ then, $x=$
If $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}} ; \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then $\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c}+\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{a}=$
Let $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ be two vectors. If $\mathbf{c}^{\text {is }}$ vector such that $\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{c}=|\mathbf{c}|,|\mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a}|=2 \sqrt{2}$ and the angle between $\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ is $30^{\circ}$, then $|(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{c}|=$
$$ (\mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c}) \cdot(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}) \times(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c})= $$
Points $P$ and $Q$ are given by $\mathbf{O P}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{O Q}=-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. A line along the vector $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ passes through the point $P$ and another line along the vector $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ passes through the point $Q$. If a line along the vector $\mathbf{c}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ intersects both the lines along the vectors $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ at $L$ and $M$, respectively, then $\mathbf{P M}=$
For $a \in R$, if the vectors $\mathbf{p}=(a+1) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+a \hat{\mathbf{j}}+a \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, $\mathbf{q}=a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(a+1) \hat{\mathbf{j}}+a \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{r}=a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+a \hat{\mathbf{j}}+(a+1) \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are coplanar and $3(\mathbf{p} \cdot \mathbf{q})^2-\lambda|\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{q}|^2=0$, then the value of $\lambda$ is
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors such that $(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c}) \times \mathbf{a}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+y \hat{\mathbf{j}}+z \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then $x+y-z=$
If $A=(0,4,-3), B=(5,0,12)$ and $C=(7,24,0)$, then $\sqrt{B A C}=$
Let the position vectors of the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$ be $\mathbf{a , b}, \mathbf{c}$. If on the plane of the triangle, $P$ is a point having position vector $\mathbf{x}$ such that $\mathbf{x} \cdot(\mathbf{c}-\mathbf{b})=\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{x} \cdot(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{c})=\mathbf{a b}-\mathbf{b} \mathbf{c}$, then for the $\triangle A B C, P$ is the
$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are three vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}|=2,|\mathbf{b}|=3$, $|\mathbf{c}|=5,|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|=\sqrt{69}$. If $(\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b})=(\mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c})=\frac{\pi}{3}$, then $(\mathbf{c}, \mathbf{a})=$
If the points $A, B, C, D$ with positions vectors $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ respectively form a tetrahedron, then the angle between the faces $A B C$ and $A B D$ of the tetrahedron is
$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are unit vectors. If $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ are perpendicular vectors, $(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{c}) \cdot(\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c})=0$ and $\mathbf{c}=l \mathbf{a}+m \mathbf{b}+n(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) ;$ ( $l, m, n$ are scalars), then $n^2=$
If $O(0,0,0), A(1,2,1), B(2,1,3)$ and $C(-1,1,2)$ are the vertices of a tetrahedron, then the acute angle between its face $O A B$ and edge $B C$ is
If the angles between the sides of the $\triangle A B C$ formed by $A(2,3,5), B(-1,3,2)$ and $C(3,5,-2)$ are $\alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$, then $\sin ^2 \alpha+\sin ^2 \beta+\sin ^2 \gamma=$
Let $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-13 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-11 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be the position vectors of three points. $A, B$ and $C$, respectively. If $\mathbf{A B}=\lambda \mathbf{B C}$ and $\mathbf{A C}=\mu \mathbf{C B}$, then $\lambda+\mu=$
$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ are position vectors of the point $A$ and $B$ respectively, $C$ and $D$ are points on the line $A B$ such that $\mathbf{A B}, \mathbf{A C}$ and $\mathbf{B D}, \mathbf{B A}$ are two pairs of like vectors. If $\mathbf{A C}=3 \mathbf{A B}$ and $\mathbf{B D}=2 \mathbf{B A}$, then $\mathbf{C D}$
If $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are three unit vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}|^2+|\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c}|^2+|\mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a}|^2=15$, then $|\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c}|^2-4(\mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c})=$
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+p \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=p \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors such that $|\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|=\mid \mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{c}$, then $p=$
If $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{d}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are four vectors, then $(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times(\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{d})=$
If the vectors $a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\mathbf{j}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are coplanar, then $a$ is equal to
The values of $x$ for which the angle between the vectors $x^2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 x \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+x \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is obtuse lie in the interval
In $\triangle P Q R,(4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}),(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ and $(3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \mathbf{k})$are$\mathbf{}$ the position vectors of the vectices $P, Q$ and $R$ respectively then, the position vector fo the point ol intersection of the angle bisector of $P$ and $Q R$ is
If $\theta$ is the angle between $\hat{\mathbf{f}}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{g}}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+a \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\sin \theta=\sqrt{\frac{24}{28}}$, then $7 a^2+24 a=$
$\mathbf{a}=\alpha \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\beta \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \quad \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ ar linearly dependent vectors and magnitude of $ \alpha $$ \sqrt{14} $${\text {}}{ }^{}$ If $\alpha, \beta$ are integers, then $\alpha+\beta=$
a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors. If $$\mathbf{a}+3 \mathbf{b}+4 \mathbf{c}=x(\mathbf{a}-2 \mathbf{b}+3 \mathbf{c})+y(\mathbf{a}+5 \mathbf{b}-2 \mathbf{c}) +z(6 \mathbf{a}+14 \mathbf{b}+4 \mathbf{c}) \text {, then } x+y+z=$$
Three vectors of magnitudes $$a, 2 a, 3 a$$ are along the directions of the diagonals of 3 adjacent faces of a cube that meet in a point. Then, the magnitude of the sum of those diagonals is
If $$\mathbf{a}$$ is collinear with $$\mathbf{b}=3 \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}+6 \hat{k}$$ and $$\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}=27$$, then $$|\mathbf{a}|=$$
Let $$a, b$$ and $$c$$ be unit vectors such that $$a$$ is perpendicular to the plane containing $$\mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}$$ and angle between $$\mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}$$ is $$\frac{\pi}{3}$$. Then, $$|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|=$$
Let $$\mathbf{F}=2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}, A=(1,2,5), B=(-1,-2,-3)$$ and $$\mathbf{B A} \times \mathbf{F}=4 \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}+2 \lambda \hat{k}$$, then $$\lambda=$$
$$O A B C$$ is a tetrahedron. If $$D, E$$ are the mid-points of $$O A$$ and $$B C$$ respectively, then $$\mathbf{D E}=$$
If $$\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}=0$$ and $$|\mathbf{a}|=7,|\mathbf{b}|=5,|\mathbf{c}|=3$$ then the angle between $$\mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}$$ is
If $$P$$ and $$Q$$ are two points on the curve $$y=2^{x+2}$$ in the rectangular cartesian coordinate system such that $$\mathbf{O P} \cdot \hat{i}=-1, \mathrm{OQ} \cdot \hat{i}=2$$, then $$\mathrm{OQ}-4 \mathrm{OP}=$$
In quadrilateral $$A B C D, \mathbf{A B}=\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{B C}=\mathbf{b}$$. $$\mathbf{D A}=\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}, M$$ is the mid-point of $$B C$$ and $$X$$ is a point on DM such that, $$\mathbf{D X}=\frac{4}{5}$$ DM. Then, the points $$A, X$$ and $$C$$.
The vectors $$3 \mathbf{a}-5 \mathbf{b}$$ and $$2 \mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}$$ are mutually perpendicular and the vectors $$a+4 b$$ and $$-\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}$$ are also mutually perpendicular, then the acute angle between $$\mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}$$ is
Let $$\mathbf{a}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$$ and $$x=2 y$$. If $$|\mathbf{a}|=5 \sqrt{2}$$ and a makes an angle of $$135^{\circ}$$ with the Z-axis, then $$\mathbf{a}=$$
Let $$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$$ be the position vectors of the vertices of a $$\triangle A B C$$. Through the vertices, lines are drawn parallel to the sides to form the $$\Delta A^{\prime} B^{\prime} C^{\prime}$$. Then, the centroid of $$\Delta A^{\prime} B^{\prime} C^{\prime}$$ is
If $$\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(x-2) \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and if the vector $$\mathbf{c}$$ lies in the plane of vectors $$\mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}$$ and then $$x$$ equals
Let $$u=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$$ and $$v=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$$. Consider three points $$P, Q$$ and $$R$$ having the position vectors $$\left(\frac{5}{2}\right) \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}} ;\left(\frac{7}{3}\right) \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}$$ and $$\left(\frac{9}{4}\right) \hat{\mathbf{i}}$$ respectively. Among these, the points in the line passing through $$u$$ and $$v$$ are
The point of intersection of the lines joining points $$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}$$ and $$-\hat{\mathbf{i}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}$$ is
The value of $$\frac{(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b})^2+(\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b})^2}{2(\mathbf{a})^2(\mathbf{b})^2}$$ is
Let $$\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}=\hat{\mathbf{k}}-\hat{\mathbf{i}}$$ if $$\mathbf{d}$$ is a unit vector such $$\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}=0=[\mathbf{b} \mathbf{c} \mathbf{d}]$$, then $$\mathbf{d}$$ is
Let $$u$$ and $$v$$ be two non-zero vectors in $$R^3$$ with the intermediate angle $$45^{\circ}$$. Then $$|\mathbf{u} \times \mathbf{v}|$$ is equal to
Given, $$\mathbf{a}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \mathbf{b}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}=\mathbf{b}_1+\mathbf{b}_2$$ where $$\mathbf{b}_1$$ is parallel to $$\mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}_2$$ is perpendicular to $$\mathbf{a}$$. Then, $$\mathbf{b}_2$$ is equal to
The position vectors of the points $$A$$ and $$B$$ with respect to $$O$$ are $$2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$. The length of the internal bisector of $$\angle B O A$$ of $$\triangle A O B$$ is (take proportionality constant is 2)
Let $$\mathbf{u}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{v}=-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$$ and $$\mathbf{w}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$. Then which of the following statement is true?
If a = (1, 1, 0) and b = (1, 1, 1), then unit vector in the plane of a and b and perpendicular to a is
Let $$\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{j}}$$, the point of intersection of the lines $$\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{a}=\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}$$ is
Which of the following vector is equally inclined with the coordinate axes?
If $$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$, and $$3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ are position vectors of $$A, B$$ and $$C$$ respectively and if $$D$$ and $$E$$ are mid points of sides $$B C$$ and $$A C$$, then $$\mathbf{D E}$$ is equal to
If $$\mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}$$ are two vectors such that $$\frac{\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}}{|\mathbf{a}||\mathbf{b}|} < 0$$ and $$|\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}|=|\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|$$ then the angle between the vectors $$\mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}$$ is
Let $$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}$$ be three-unit vectors and $$\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{c}=0$$. If the angle between $$\mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}$$ is $$\frac{\pi}{3}$$. Then $$[\mathbf{a b c}]^2$$ is equal to
Let $$x$$ and $$y$$ are real numbers. If $$\mathbf{a}=(\sin x) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(\sin y) \hat{\mathbf{j}}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}=(\cos x) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(\cos y) \hat{\mathbf{j}}$$, then $$|\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|$$ is
A vector makes equal angles $$\alpha$$ with $$X$$ and $$Y$$-axis, and $$90 \Upsilon$$ with $$Z$$-axis. Then, $$\alpha$$ is equal to (c) 45Yand 135Y (d) $90 \mathrm{Y}$
Angle made by the position vector of the point (5, $$-$$4, $$-$$3) with the positive direction of X-axis is
If the volume of the parallelopiped formed by the vectors $$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+a \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{j}}+a \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ becomes minimum, then $$a$$ is equal to
If $$\mathbf{a}=\frac{3}{2} \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}=\frac{2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}}{2}$$, then angle between $$\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}$$ is
Let $$\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\mathbf{c}=7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+11 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$$, then the area of parallelogram having diagonals $$\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}$$ is
If $$\mathbf{a}$$ and $$\mathbf{b}$$ are two vectors such that $$|\mathbf{a}|=2, |\mathbf{b}|=3$$ and $$\mathbf{a}+t \mathbf{b}$$ and $$\mathbf{a}-t \mathbf{b}$$ are perpendicular, where $$t$$ is a positive scalar, then