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Let $$\bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$$. If $$\bar{c}$$ is a vector such that $$\bar{a} \cdot \bar{c}=|\bar{c}|,|\...

If $$|\bar{a}|=2,|\bar{b}|=3,|\bar{c}|=5$$ and each of the angles between the vectors $$\bar{a}$$ and $$\bar{b}, \bar{b}$$ and $$\bar{c}$$, $$\bar{c}$...

Let $$\overline{\mathrm{u}}, \overline{\mathrm{v}}$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{w}}$$ be the vectors such that $$|\overline{\mathrm{u}}|=1; |\bar{v}|=2 ;...

Let $$\bar{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$$ be two vectors. If $$\bar{c}$$ is a vector such that $$\bar{b} \time...

If $$|\vec{a}|=\sqrt{3} ;|\vec{b}|=5 ; \bar{b} \cdot \bar{c}=10$$, angle between $$\overline{\mathrm{b}}$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{c}}$$ is $$\frac{\p...

If $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$$ are three vectors such that $$|\bar{a}+\bar{b}+\bar{c}|=1, \overline{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times...

Let $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$$ be three vectors such that $$|\bar{a}|=\sqrt{3}, |\bar{b}|=5, \bar{b} \cdot \bar{c}=10$$ and the angle between $$\ba...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}, \overline{\mathrm{c}}$$ are unit vectors and $$\theta$$ is angle between $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}$$ ...

If $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$$ are three vectors with magnitudes $$\sqrt{3}$$, 1, 2 respectively, such that $$\bar{a} \times(\bar{a} \times \bar{c})...

If the vectors $$p \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+q \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\...

If $$\mathbf{a}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}(3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}), \mathbf{b}=\frac{1}{7}(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{...

$$\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}=\ha...

If $$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$$ are non-coplanar unit vectors such that $$\mathbf{a} \times(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c})=\frac{\mathbf{b}+\...

The scalar product of vectors $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}$$ and a unit vector along the sum of vector...

If $$\hat{\mathrm{a}}$$ and $$\hat{\mathrm{b}}$$ are unit vectors and $$\overline{\mathrm{c}}=\hat{\mathrm{b}}-(\hat{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mat...

If $$\bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{b}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k}$$, then the projection of $$\bar{b}$$ in the direction of $$\bar{a}...

A vector $$\bar{a}$$ has components 1 and $$2 p$$ with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This system is rotated through a certain angle about...

If $$\theta$$ is angle between the vectors $$\bar{a}$$ and $$\bar{b}$$ where $$|\bar{a}|=4,|\bar{b}|=3$$ and $$\theta \in\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{\p...

$$A, B, C, D$$ are four points in a plane with position vectors $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}, \bar{d}$$ respectively such that $$(\bar{a}-\bar{d}) \cdo...

Two adjacent of sides parallelogram $$\mathrm{ABCD}$$ are given by $$\overline{\mathrm{AB}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+10 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+11 \hat{\mathrm{k}}...

The unit vector which is orthogonal to the vector $$3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+6 \hat{k}$$ and coplanar with the vectors $$2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$$ and $$...

If $$\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$$ are three non-zero vectors, no two of them are collinear, $$\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}$$ is collinear with $$\vec{c}, \vec{b}+...

If then $$|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}| \text { is }$$...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}, \overline{\mathrm{c}}$$ are three vectors, $$|\overline{\mathrm{a}}|=2,|\overline{\mathrm{b}}|=4,|\...

Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram $$\mathrm{ABCD}$$ are given by $$\overline{A B}=2 \hat{i}+10 \hat{j}+1 \hat{k}$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{AD}}=-\...

If the area of the triangle with vertices $$(1,2,0)$$, $$(1,0,2)$$ and $$(0, x, 1)$$ is $$\sqrt{6}$$ square units, then the value of $x$ is

Let $$\overline{\mathrm{A}}$$ be a vector parallel to line of intersection of planes $$P_1$$ and $$P_2$$ through origin. $$P_1$$ is parallel to the ve...

$$\overline{\mathrm{u}}, \overline{\mathrm{v}}, \overline{\mathrm{w}}$$ are three vectors such that $$|\overline{\mathrm{u}}|=1, |\bar{v}|=2,|\bar{w}|...

If $$\bar{a}=\hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}, \bar{b}=3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}, \bar{c}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$$, then a vector $$\overline{\mat...

The unit vector perpendicular to each of the vectors $$\bar{a}+\bar{b}$$ and $$\bar{a}-\bar{b}$$, where $$\bar{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$$ and $$\ove...

Let $$\bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \bar{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$$ and $$\bar{c}$$ be a vector such that $$|\bar{c}-\bar{a}|=4,|(\bar{a} \times \bar...

If the area of the parallelogram with $$\bar{a}$$ and $$\bar{b}$$ as two adjacent sides is $$16 \mathrm{sq}$$. units, then the area of the parallelogr...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\m...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}=4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+4 \hat{\mat...

If the volume of the parallelopiped is $$158 \mathrm{~cu}$$. units whose coterminus edges are given by the vectors $$\bar{a}=(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+n \hat{k...

If $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$$ are three vectors such that $$\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot(\overline{\mathrm{b}}+\overline{\mathrm{c}})+\overline{\mat...

Let $$\bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$$. If $$\bar{c}$$ is a vector such that $$\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overl...

If $$\quad \overline{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}, \quad \overline{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}} \quad$$ and $$\qua...

Let $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}$$ and $$\bar{c}$$ be three unit vectors such that $$\bar{a} \times(\bar{b} \times \bar{c})=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}(\bar{b}+\bar{c})$...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{b}}$$ are two unit vectors such that $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}+2 \overline{\mathrm{b}}$$ and $$5 \b...

If $$(\bar{a} \times \bar{b}) \times \bar{c}=-5 \bar{a}+4 \bar{b}$$ and $$\bar{a} \cdot \bar{b}=3$$, then the value of $$\bar{a} \times(\bar{b} \times...

If $$\bar{p}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{q}=\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$$. Then a vector of magnitude $$5 \sqrt{3}$$ units perpendicular to the...

If $$\bar{a}$$ and $$\bar{b}$$ are two unit vectors such that $$\bar{a}+2 \bar{b}$$ and $$5 \bar{a}-4 \bar{b}$$ are perpendicular to each other, then ...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=\mathrm{m} \overline{\mathrm{b}}+\mathrm{nc}$$, where $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+13 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-18 \ha...

If the volume of tetrahedron, whose vertices are with position vectors $$\hat{i}-6 \hat{j}+10 \hat{k},-\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}, 5 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+...

Scalar projection of the line segment joining the points $$\mathrm{A}(-2,0,3), \mathrm{B}(1,4,2)$$ on the line whose direction ratios are $$6,-2,3$$ i...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\m...

The vector projection of $$\overline{\mathrm{AB}}$$ on $$\overline{\mathrm{CD}}$$, where $$A \equiv(2,-3,0), B \equiv(1,-4,-2), C \equiv(4,6,8)$$ and ...

The vectors are $$\bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \bar{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$$. If $$\bar{c}$$ is a vector such that $$\bar{a} \cdot \bar{c}=|\bar{c...

If $$\bar{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \bar{b}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \bar{c}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$$, then a vector in the plane of $$\bar{a}$$ ...

Let $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$$ be three non-zero vectors, such that no two of them are collinear and $$(\bar{a} \times \bar{b}) \times \bar{c}=\fra...

$$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}}$$, then vector $$\...

The magnitude of the projection of the vector $$2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$$ on the vector perpendicular to the plane containing the vectors $$\hat{i}+...

If $$\bar{a}, \bar{b}$$ and $$\bar{c}$$ are any three non-zero vectors, then $$(\bar{a}+2 \bar{b}+\bar{c}) \cdot[(\bar{a}-\bar{b}) \times(\bar{a}-\bar...

Vectors $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{b}}$$ are such that $$|\overline{\mathrm{a}}|=1 ;|\overline{\mathrm{b}}|=4$$ and $$\bar{a} \...

Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are $$2 \hat{i}-4 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$$ and $$\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$$, then the unit vector parallel to its ...

If $$\mathrm{D}, \mathrm{E}$$ and $$\mathrm{F}$$ are the mid-points of the sides $$\mathrm{BC}$$, $$\mathrm{CA}$$ and $$\mathrm{AB}$$ of triangle $$\m...

If two vertices of a triangle are $$\mathrm{A}(3,1,4)$$ and $$\mathrm{B}(-4,5,-3)$$ and the centroid of the triangle is $$G(-1,2,1)$$, then the third ...

Let two non-collinear vectors $$\hat{a}$$ and $$\hat{b}$$ form an acute angle. A point $$\mathrm{P}$$ moves, so that at any time $$t$$ the position ve...

The distance of the point having position vector $$\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-6 \hat{k}$$, from the straight line passing through the point $$(2,-3,-4)$$ and p...

The scalar product of the vector $$\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}$$ with a unit vector along the sum of the vectors $$2 \hat{i}+4 ...

If $$[(\bar{a}+2 \bar{b}+3 \bar{c}) \times(\bar{b}+2 \bar{c}+3 \bar{a})] \cdot(\bar{c}+2 \bar{a}+3 \bar{b})=54$$ then the value of $$\left[\begin{arra...

The volume of parallelopiped, whose coterminous edges are given by $$\overline{\mathrm{u}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\lambda \hat{\mathrm{k}},...

If $$\bar{a}=\hat{\boldsymbol{i}}-\hat{\boldsymbol{k}}, \bar{b}=x \hat{\boldsymbol{i}}+\hat{\boldsymbol{j}}+(1-x) \hat{\boldsymbol{k}}$$ and $$\bar{c}...

Let $$\bar{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$\bar{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ be two vectors...

The magnitude of the projection of the vector $$2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+ 3\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ on the vector perpendicular to the plane cont...

If $$\bar{a}=\hat{\boldsymbol{i}}+\hat{\boldsymbol{j}}+\hat{\boldsymbol{k}}, \bar{b}=\hat{\boldsymbol{i}}-\hat{\boldsymbol{j}}+\hat{\boldsymbol{k}}$$ ...

The polar co-ordinates of the point, whose Cartesian coordinates are $$(-2 \sqrt{3}, 2)$$, are

If the vectors $$2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k} ; \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$$ and $$3 \hat{i}+\lambda \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$$ are coplanar, then the value of...

The vector equation of the line whose Cartesian equations are $$y=2$$ and $$4 x-3 z+5=0$$ is

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}=3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\m...

If $${\pi \over 2} ...

If $$|\bar{a} \times \bar{b}|^2+(\bar{a} \cdot \bar{b})^2=144$$ and $$|\bar{a}|=4$$, then $$|\bar{b}|=$$

The distance between parallel lines $$\begin{aligned} & \bar{r}=(2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k})+\lambda(2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}) \text { and } \\ & \b...

The vertices of triangle $$\mathrm{ABC}$$ are $$\mathrm{A} \equiv(3,0,0) ; \mathrm{B} \equiv(0,0,4) ; \mathrm{C} \equiv(0,5,4)$$. Find the position ve...

In a quadrilateral PQRS, M and N are mid-points of the sides PQ and RS respectively. If $$\overline {PS} + \overline {QR} = t\overline {MN} $$, then...

If vectors $$\bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, \bar{b}=-\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{c}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$$ are such that, $$...

If $$\bar{a}=3 \hat{i}-5 \hat{j}, \bar{b}=6 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}$$ are two vectors and $$\bar{c}$$ is a vector such that $$\bar{c}=\bar{a} \times \bar{b}...

If $$|\bar{a}|=3,|\bar{b}|=4,|\bar{a}-\bar{b}|=5$$, then $$|\bar{a}+\bar{b}|=$$

$$\overline{\mathrm{a}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}, \overline{\mathrm{c}}$$ are vectors such that $$|\overline{\mathrm{a}}|=5,|\overline{\mathrm{b}}|=4,|\...

If $$[\bar{a} \bar{b} \bar{c}]=4$$, then the volume (in cubic units) of the parallelopiped with $$\bar{a}+2 \bar{b}, \bar{b}+2 \bar{c}$$ and $$\overli...

$$\overline{\mathrm{a}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{c}}$$ are three vectors such that $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}+\overline{\mathrm{b...

If area of the parallelogram with $$\bar{a}$$ and $$\bar{b}$$ as two adjacent sides is 20 square units, then the area of the parallelogram having $$3 ...

If $$\bar{r}=-4 \hat{i}-6 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$$ is a linear combination of the vectors $$\bar{a}=-\hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$$ and $$\bar{b}=-8 \hat{i}...

If the volume of a tetrahedron whose conterminous edges are $$\vec{\mathrm{a}}+\vec{\mathrm{b}}, \vec{\mathrm{b}}+\vec{\mathrm{c}}, \vec{\mathrm{c}}+\...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{e}}_1, \overline{\mathrm{e}}_2$$ and $$\overline{\mathrm{e}}_1+\overline{\mathrm{e}}_2$$ are unit vectors, then the angle betwe...

If $$\overline{\mathrm{a}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}} , \overline{\mathrm{c}}$$ are three vectors which are perpendicular to $$\overline{\mathrm{b}}+\over...

$$(2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+6 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+27 \hat{\mathrm{k}}) \times(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\lambda \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mu \hat{\mathrm{k}})=\overline{0}$$, t...

If the vectors $$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$$ and $$2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \...

The angles between the lines $$\mathbf{r}=(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}})+\lambda(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\m...

In a quadrilateral $$ABCD, M$$ and $$N$$ are the mid-points of the sides $$A B$$ and $$C D$$ respectively. If $$\mathbf{A D}+\mathbf{B C}=t \mathbf{M ...

If $$[\vec{a}\ \vec{b}\ \vec{c}\ ] \neq 0$$, then $$\frac{[\vec{a}\ +\vec{b}\ \vec{b}\ +\vec{c}\ \vec{c}\ +\vec{a}\ ]}{[\vec{b}\ \vec{c}\ \vec{a}...