Dot Product of Two Vectors

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Dot Product of Two Vectors: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Dot Product of Two Vectors, Magnitude of Dot Product of Two Vectors, Triangle Inequality for Vectors & Angle between the Two Vectors etc.

Important Questions on Dot Product of Two Vectors

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Write the angle between two vectors   a and b  with magnitudes   3   and 2 respectively having   a b = 6 .

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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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The angle between two vectors of magnitude 12 and 18 units when their resultant is of magnitude 24 units , is:

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If a and b are position vectors of the points α,3,0 and 1,0,0 respectively and if the angle between the vectors a and b is π4, then the value of α is equal to

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If a=10 and b=5, then the value of a+2b·a-2b is equal to

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If a=14,b=10,a-b=24 and θ is angle between a and b, then cosθ=

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Let a=ı^+2ȷ^-3k^ and a+b=4ı^-2ȷ^+λk^. If a·b=4, then the value of λ is equal to

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If e1 & e2 are two unit vectors and θ is the angle between them, then sinθ2 is -

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Let i^, j^ and k^ denote the standard unit vectors in R3 along the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis, respectively. Consider the sets

X=ai^+bj^+ck^ : a,b,c-1,0,1 and

Y={v1,v2,v3 :v1,v2,v3X and v1,v2,v3 are mutually perpendicular unit vectors}

Then, the number of elements in Y is

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OA=4i^+3j^+5k^OB=2i^+3j^+2k^ and BA=i^+3k^ are three sides of a triangle. Prove the triangle inequality that sum of two sides is greater than third side.

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OA=4i^+3j^+5k^OB=i^+2j^+3k^ and BA=3i^+j^+2k^ are three sides of a triangle. Prove the triangle inequality that sum of two sides is greater than third side.

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OA=3i^+2j^+5k^OB=i^+2j^+3k^ and BA=2i^+2k^ are three sides of a triangle. Prove the triangle inequality that sum of two sides is greater than third side.

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OA=3i^+2j^+5k^OB=4i^+5j^+2k^ and BA=-i^-3j^+3k^ are three sides of a triangle. Prove the triangle inequality that sum of two sides is greater than third side.