- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2023
- Date
- 31 January
- Shift
- Morning Shift
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Vector Algebra
JEE Main 2023 · 31 January · Morning Shift · Mathematics · Vector Algebra
Let → a = 2 ^ i + ^ j + ^ k , and → b and → c be two nonzero...
Let \overset{\to}{a} = 2\overset{^}{i} + \overset{^}{j} + \overset{^}{k}, and be two nonzero vectors such that \left|\overset{\to}{a} + \overset{\to}{b} + \overset{\to}{c}\right| = \left|\overset{\to}{a} + \overset{\to}{b} - \overset{\to}{c}\right|following two statement:
\left(A\right)\left|\overset{\to}{a} + \lambda\overset{\to}{c}\right| \ge \left|\overset{\to}{a}\right| for all\mathbb{R} and are always parallel
Options
- Aonly (B) is correct
- Bneither (A) nor (B) is correct
- Conly (A) is correct
- Dboth (A) and (B) are correct.
Correct answer
C. only (A) is correct
Step-by-step solution
Given,
⇒ {\left|\overset{\to}{a} + \overset{\to}{b} + \overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2} = {\left|\overset{\to}{a} + \overset{\to}{b} - \overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2}⇒ {\left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{b}\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2} + 2 \left(\overset{\to}{a} \cdot \overset{\to}{b}\right) + 2 \left(\overset{\to}{b} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right) + 2 \left(\overset{\to}{c} \cdot \overset{\to}{a}\right) = {\left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{b}\right|}^{2} + {\left|\overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2} + 2 \left(\overset{\to}{a} \cdot \overset{\to}{b}\right) - 2\left(\overset{\to}{b} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right) - 2\left(\overset{\to}{c} \cdot \overset{\to}{a}\right)</p><p>⇒ 2 \left(\overset{\to}{b} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right) = - 2 \left(\overset{\to}{b} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right) + 2 \left(\overset{\to}{c} \cdot \overset{\to}{a}\right)
Now here given , so
which means are perpendicular vector, so statement \left(B\right): \left|\overset{\to}{a} + \lambda\overset{\to}{c}\right| \ge \left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|
^{2} \ge {\left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|}^{2}
^{2} + \lambda{\left|\overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2} + 2\left(\overset{\to}{a} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right) \ge {\left|\overset{\to}{a}\right|}^{2}
^{2} + 2\left(\overset{\to}{a} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right)
^{2} \ge 0\lambda \in R and