Dot Product of Two Vectors

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Dot Product of Two Vectors: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Angle between the Two Vectors, Dot Product of Two Vectors, Magnitude of Dot Product of Two Vectors, Properties of Dot Product of Two Vectors, Geometrical Interpretation of Scalar Product, 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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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 ab and (a+b)(a+mb), then m is

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Force F=i+j+k is acting on a particle. If the particle is displaced from A3,3,3 to the point B4,4,4, then work done is

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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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Let A=i^+2j^. If B is a vector in XY plane such that (A+B)·B=15 and A·B=6, then |B| is

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If a=x2i^+xj^+3k^ and b=xi^-4j^+2k^ and a·b>6, then

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If a, b, c are three vectors such that |a|=3, |b|=4, |c|=5 and a+b+c=0, then a·b is equal to

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If a, b, c, d are vectors in which |d|=1 and given a+b+c=sd, b+c+d=a, a·d=4, then s'' is equal to

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The values of x, for which the vectors a=x2-16i^+4j^-x2-25k^ make acute angles with the (positive directions of) coordinate axes lie in

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If x=y=x+y=1, then x-y=_______

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The perpendicular distance of point 3,4,5 on the line r=2i^+3j^+4k^+λ2i^+3j^+4k^ is