Cross Product of Two Vectors

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Important Questions on Cross Product of Two Vectors

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If a+2b+3c=0 and a×b+b×c+c×a=λ(b×c), then what is the value of λ?

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If a and b are vectors such that |a|=2, |b|=7 and a×b=3i^+2j^+6k^, then what is the acute angle between a and b?

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Which one of the following is the unit vector perpendicular to both a=-i^+j^+k^ and b=i^-j^+k^?

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What is the area of ΔOAB, where O is the origin such that OA=3i^-j^+k^ and OB=2i^+j^-3k^ ?

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If the magnitude of a×b equals to a·b, then which one of the following is correct?

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If a=10, b=2 and a·b=12, then what is the value of a×b?

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If a=2i^-3j^-k^, b=i^+4j^-2k^, then what is (a+b)×(a-b) is equal to?

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If u=a-b, v=a+b and |a|=|b|=2, then  u×v is equal to

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If a be any vector, then a×i^2+a×j^2+a×k^2 is equal to

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The area of parallelogram whose adjacent sides are a=i^+2j^+3k^, b=3i^-2j^+k^ is

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G is the centroid of triangle ABC and A1 and B1 are the midpoints of sides AB and AC, respectively. If 1, be the area of quadrilateral GA1AB1 and Δ be the area of triangle ABC, then ΔΔ1 is equal to:

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Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are 2i^+4j^-5k^ and i^+2j^+3k^. Then the value of AC×BD is

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Pp and Qq are the position vectors of two fixed points and R(r) is the position vector of a variable point. If R moves such that r-p×r-q=0, then the locus of R is

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Vector c is perpendicular to vectors a=(2,-3,1) and b=1,-2,3 and satisfies the condition c·i^+2j^-7k^ =10. Then vector c is equal to

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Let the unit vectors a and b be perpendicular to each other and the unit vector c be inclined at an angle θ to both a and b. If c=xa+yb+za×b, then

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The moment about the point i^+2j^+3k^ of a force represented by i^+j^+k^ acting through the point 2i^+3j^+k^ is 

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If a=i^+j^+k^, b=i^+3j+5k^ and c=7i^+9j^+11k^, then the area of parallelogram having diagonals a+b and b+c is

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Three non-coplanar vectors a,b and c are drawn from a common initial point. The angle between the plane passing through the terminal points of these vectors and the vector a×b+b×c+c×a is

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If |a|=4,|b|=2 and the angle between a and b is π6 then a×b2 is equal to

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For two particular vectors A and B, it is known that  A×B=B× A. What must be true about the two vectors?