- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2022
- Date
- 24 June
- Shift
- Morning Shift
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Vector Algebra
JEE Main 2022 · 24 June · Morning Shift · Mathematics · Vector Algebra
Let ^ a , ^ b be unit vectors. If → c be a vector such that the...
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Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
We have, \overset{^}{b} = \overset{\to}{c} + 2\left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right),
\overset{^}{b} \cdot \overset{^}{b} = \left(\overset{\to}{c} + 2\left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\overset{\to}{c} + 2\left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right)\right)
⇒ 1 = \left(\overset{\to}{c} \cdot \overset{\to}{c}\right) + \overset{\to}{c} \cdot 2\left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right) + 2\left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right) \cdot \overset{\to}{c} + 4\left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right) \cdot \left(\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right)
⇒ 1 = {\left|\overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2} + 0 + 0 + {\left|\overset{\to}{c} \times \overset{^}{a}\right|}^{2} ⇒ 1 = {\left|\overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2} + 4{\left|\overset{\to}{c}\right|}^{2}{\left|\overset{^}{a}\right|}^{2}\sin^{2}\dfrac{\pi}{12}