Triple Products

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Triple Products: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Scalar Triple Product, Magnitude of Scalar Triple Product of Three Vectors, Geometrical Interpretation of Vector Triple Product & Reciprocal System of Vectors etc.

Important Questions on Triple Products

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The scalar product of the sum of vectors   i ^ + j ^ + k ^  with the unit vector along the sum of vectors   2 i ^ +4 j ^ 5 k ^ andλ i ^ +2 j ^ +3 k ^  is equal to one. The value of   λ  would be:

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Let a=a1i^+a2j^+a3k^, b=b1i^+b2j^+b3k^ and c=c1i^+c2j^+c3k^ be three non-zero vectors such that c=1, angle between a and b is π4 and c is perpendicular to a and b, then

a1b1c1a2b2c2a3b3c32=λa12+a22+a32b12+b22+b32 where λ is equal to

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Let a, b and c be three vectors such that a=b=c2=1. If a×a×c+b=0, then the acute angle between a and c is

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Let unit vectors a, b and c are coplanar and a unit vector d is perpendicular to them. If (a×b)×(c×d)=16i^-13j^+13k^ and the angle between a and b is 30°, then c is/are

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If a^, b^, c^ are three unit vectors, b^ and c^ are non-parallel, such that a^×b^×c^=b^+c^2, then the angle between a^ and b^ is

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If a = i ^ + j ^ + k ^ , b =2 i ^ +λ+ k ^ , c = i ^ j ^ +4 k ^ and a .( b × c )=10, then λ is equal to

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If d= a×b+b×c+c×a is a non-zero vector and dca×b+dab×c+dbc×a=0, then

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a,b,c are three non-coplanar vectors such that a+b+c  a-b+c  2a+b-c=k a b c, then k is

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If a, b, c are non-zero vectors such that a×b×c=13b c a, ca and θ is the angle between the vector b, c then sinθ=

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The scalar A · B + C × A + B + C equals

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Find unit vector perpendicular to i˙^-j˙^ and coplanar with i˙^+2j˙^ and i˙^+3j˙^.

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If the volume of parallelepiped formed by the vectors i^+λj^+k^,j^+λk^ and λi^+k^ is minimum, then λ is equal to:

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Let u and v are unit vectors such that w×u=v, then the value of [ u v w ] is

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Which of the following is not equal to w.u×v?

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If i^×a-j^×i^+j^×a-k^×j^+k^×a-i^×k^=0 and a=xi^+yj^+zk^, then the value of 8x3-xy+zx is equal to

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If r=adi^+bdj^+cdk^ is a unit vector perpendicular to p=i^+j^-k^ and coplanar with p=i^+j^-k^ & q=i^+j^+k^, then the value of a2+b2+c2+d2b2 is equal to 

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If A=3i^+k^ and B=2i^+3j^6k^, then the value of A+B  A×B  AB is equal to 

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If a[0, ), then the volume of parallelopiped formed by i^+ak^,  j^+ai^ and i^+aj^+ak^ will be minimum when a is

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If A and B are two non-zero non-collinear vectors, then A B i^ i^+A B j^ j^+A B k^ k^ will be same as 

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If i^×A×i^+j^×A×j^+k^×A×k^=λA, then λ is equal to