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BITSAT 2014
Exam
BITSAT
Year
2014
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Vector Algebra

BITSAT 2014 · Mathematics · Vector Algebra

The angle between any two diagonal of a cube is

The angle between any two diagonal of a cube isThe angle between any two diagonal of a cube is

Options

  1. A45∘45^{{}^{\circ}}
  2. B60∘60^{{}^{\circ}}
  3. C30∘30^{{}^{\circ}}
  4. Dtan⁡−1(22)\tan ^{-1}(2 \sqrt{2})

Correct answer

D. tan⁡−1(22)\tan ^{-1}(2 \sqrt{2})

Step-by-step solution

for a unit cube unit vector along the diagonal OP=13(i^+j^+k^)<imgsrc="/api/proxy−image?url=https\mathrm{OP}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}})<img src="/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffirebasestorage.googleapis.com%2Fv0%2Fb%2Fquantrexacademy-app.firebasestorage.app%2Fo%2Fquestions%252Ffigs%252Fpyq%252Fbitsat%252F7NTWetRK4yxOBniSvpXeh_Q4dVkdpauFDXCZLGDxbqY.original.fullsize.png%3Falt%3Dmedia \text{ and } clean=1 \text{ and } v=wm2" data-qx-orig-src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/quantrexacademy-app.firebasestorage.app/o/questions%2Ffigs%2Fpyq%2Fbitsat%2F7NTWetRK4yxOBniSvpXeh_Q4dVkdpauFDXCZLGDxbqY.original.fullsize.png?alt=media" data-qx-storage-src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/quantrexacademy-app.firebasestorage.app/o/questions%2Ffigs%2Fpyq%2Fbitsat%2F7NTWetRK4yxOBniSvpXeh_Q4dVkdpauFDXCZLGDxbqY.original.fullsize.png?alt=media"> \\ unit vector along the diagonal CD=13(i^+j^−k^)∴cos⁡θ=13(1+1−1)=13∴tan⁡θ=22\mathrm{CD}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}})\therefore \cos \theta=\frac{1}{3}(1+1-1)=\frac{1}{3} \quad \therefore \tan \theta=2 \sqrt{2}
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