Dot Product of Vectors

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Dot Product of Vectors: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Dot Product of Two Vectors,Magnitude of Dot Product of Two Vectors,Properties of Dot Product of Two Vectors etc.

Important Questions on Dot Product of Vectors

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If   a and b  are two vectors such that   | a b |=| a × b |,  then what is the angle between   a and b ?

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If   p  is a unit vector and   ( x p )( x + p )=80,  then find   | x |.

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If   a , b and c  are three mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude, the angle between   a and( a + b + c ) would be :

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Let  a=i^+4j^+2k^, b=3i^2j^+7k^ and  c=2i^j^+4k^ . Which of the following is representing a vector p which is perpendicular to both a and b and also whose scalar product with vector c  would be p.c=18.

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What would be the projection of   b + c on a where a = i ^ +2 j ^ + k ^ , b = i ^ +3 j ^ + k ^ on c = i ^ + k ^

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The angle between the vectors   a + b and a b  if   a =2 i ^ j ^ +3 k ^ and b =3 i ^ + j ^ 2 k ^  is:

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Two projectiles are fired from the same point with the same speed at angles of projection 60°and30° respectively. The correct statement is

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The angle between the two vectors   A =3 i ^ +4 j ^ +5 k ^ and B =3 i ^ +4 j ^ 5 k ^  will be:

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Let a vector a=4i^-8j^+k^ make angles α, β, γ with the positive directions of x, y, z axes respectively.

What is cos2β+cos2γ equal to?

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Let a vector a=4i^-8j^+k^ make angles α, β, γ with the positive directions of x, y, z axes respectively.

What is cosα equal to?

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If the magnitudes of a, b and a+b are respectively 3,4 and 5, then the magnitude of a-b is

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The vector A=i^+j^ and B=i^-j^. The angle between A & B =

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An arc PQ of a circle subtends a right angle at its centre O. The mid point of the arc PQ is R. If OP=u, OR=v and OQ=αu+βv, then α, β2, are the roots of the equation

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Let a, b, c be three non-coplanar vectors and d be a non-zero vector which is perpendicular to a+ b+c and is represented as d=xa×b+yb×c+zc×a. Then 

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A and B are two vectors and θ is the angle between them. If A×B=3A·B, then the value of θ is

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If a is any non-zero vector, then the value of a.i^i^+a.j^j^+a.k^k^ is

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If v1+v2 is  to v1-v2, then

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2i^-3j^.i^+k^=

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If a^ and b^ are orthogonal vectors, then for any-non zero vector r, the vector r×a^ equals (where, r a b0

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The component of vector A=2i^+3j^+k^ in the direction of 3i^+4j^ is