- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2023
- Date
- 11 April
- Shift
- Morning Shift
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Vector Algebra
JEE Main 2023 · 11 April · Morning Shift · Mathematics · Vector Algebra
For any vector → a = a _ 1 ^ i + a _ 2 ^ j + a _ 3 ^ k , with 10| a...
\left(A\right)max\left\{\left|{a}_{1}\right|, \left|{a}_{2}\right|, \left|{a}_{3}\right|\right\} \le \left|\overset{\to}{a}\right| :
Options
- AOnly is true
- BOnly is true
- CBoth and are true
- DNeither nor is true
Correct answer
C. Both and are true
Step-by-step solution
Given,
\overset{\to}{a} = {a}_{1}\overset{^}{i} + {a}_{2}\overset{^}{j} + {a}_{3}\overset{^}{k}, with ,
Let us assume that \left|{a}_{1}\right| \le \left|{a}_{2}\right| \le \left|{a}_{3}\right|{\left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|}^{2} = {\left|\overset{\to}{a}1\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{a}2\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{a}3\right|}^{2}{\left|\overset{\to}{a}3\right|}^{2} \le {\left|\overset{\to}{a}1\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{a}2\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{a}3\right|}^{2}⇒ {\left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|}^{2} \ge {\left|\overset{\to}{a}3\right|}^{2}⇒ \left|\overset{\to}{a}\right| \ge \left|\overset{\to}{a}3\right| = \text{max}\left\{\left|\overset{\to}{a}1\right|, \left|\overset{\to}{a}2\right|\left|\overset{\to}{a}3\right|\right\} is true
Now again solving,
And
Hence, \left(B\right) is also true.