NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 4

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If $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ are the position vectors of $A$ and $B$ , respectively, the position vector of a point $C$ in $B A$ produced such that $B C = 1.5 B A$ is $m \vec{a} + n \vec{b}$ , then find $m + n$ .

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Important Questions on Vector Algebra

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 5

Using vectors, find the value of

k

such that the points

(k, - 10, 3), (1, - 1, 3)

and

(3, 5, 3)

are collinear.

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 6

A vector

\vec{r}

is inclined at equal angles to the three axes. If the magnitude of

\vec{r}

is

2 \sqrt{3}

units, then

\vec{r}

is

\pm x (\hat{i} + \hat{j} + \hat{k})

, then the value of

x

is

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 7

A vector

\vec{r}

has magnitude

14

and direction ratios

2, 3, - 6

. Find the direction cosines and magnitude of the components of

\vec{r}

, given that

\vec{r}

makes an acute angle with

x

-axis.[ Enter the

x

component of vector

\vec{r}

].

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 8

Find a vector of magnitude

6

, which is perpendicular to both the vectors

2 \hat{i} - \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k}

and

4 \hat{i} - \hat{j} + 3 \hat{k}

. (Write the coefficient of

\hat{i}

in the obtained vector respectively).

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 9

The cosine of the angle between the vectors

2 \hat{i} - \hat{j} + \hat{k}

and

3 \hat{i} + 4 \hat{j} - \hat{k}

is of the form

\frac{1}{\sqrt{a}}

, then the value of

a

is

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 10

If

\overset{⇀}{a} + \overset{⇀}{b} + \overset{⇀}{c} = 0

, determine whether

\overset{⇀}{a} \times \overset{⇀}{b}, \overset{⇀}{b} \times \overset{⇀}{c} and \overset{⇀}{c} \times \overset{⇀}{a}

are equal or not. Interpret the result geometrically?

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 11

The sine of the angle between the vectors

\overset{⇀}{a} = 3 \hat{i} + \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k}

and

\overset{⇀}{b} = 2 \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + 4 \hat{k}

is of the form

\frac{2}{\sqrt{a}}

, then

a =

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics - Class 12>Chapter 10 - Vector Algebra>EXERCISE>Q 12

If

A, B, C, D

are the points with position vectors

\hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i} - \hat{j} + 3 \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i} - 3 \hat{k}, 3 \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + \hat{k}

, respectively, if the projection of

\vec{A B}

along

\vec{C D}

is of the form

\sqrt{a}

, then

a =