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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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   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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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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OA=2i^+3j^+4k^OB=4i^+5j^+2k^ and BA=-2i^-2j^+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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Find the projection of the vector i^+j^+7k^ on the vector 7i^-j^+8k^.

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Find the angle θ between vectors 2i^-j^ and i^+2j^.

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If the direction cosines of two lines are given by l+3m+5n=0 and 5lm-2mn+6ln=0, then the angle between the lines is

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It is given that a, b, c are vectors of lengths 6, 8, 10 respectively. If a is perpendicular to (b+c), b is perpendicular (c+a); and c is perpendicular to a+b, then the length of the vector a+b+c is

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Let u=-2i^+2j^+k^ and v=i^-2j^+2k^. Then the component of v on u is

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What is the angle between the vectors (i^+j^) and (j^+k^) ?

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What will be the angle between the two vectors A=3i^+4j^+5k^ and B=3i^+4j^-5k^ ?

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Evaluate : a×b2+a·b22a2b2

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PandQ are two non-zero vectors inclined to each other at an angle θ.  p^ and q^ are unit vectors along PandQ respectively. The component of Q in the direction of P  will be

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If the projection of PQ on the axes OX,OY,OZ are respectively 12,3 and 4, then the magnitude of PQ is

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The component of a vector r along X-axis will have a maximum value, if

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If A=2i^+3j^+8k^ is perpendicular to B=4j^-4i^+αk^ , then the value of α is

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The vectors A and B are such that A+B=A-B. The angle between the two vectors will be