MHT CET202122 Sep 2021Morning ShiftMathematicsVector AlgebraActual
The area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are represented by the vectors a =3 i - j -2 k and b =- i +3 j -3 k is
Options
- A266 sq. units
- B1 2 266 sq. units
- C266 sq. units
- D122 sq. units
Correct answer
B. 1 2 266 sq. units
Step-by-step solution
Let d ₁ =3 i - j -2 k and d ₂ =- i +3 j -3 k | d ₁ |= 14 and | d ₂ |= 19 aligned & Also d ₁ d ₂ = | array ccc i & j & k 3 & -1 & -2 -1 & 3 & -3 array |=9 i +11 j +8 k & | d ₁ d ₂ |= 81+121+64 = 266 & | ~d ₁ d ₂ |^2= | d ₁ |^2 | ~d ₂ |^2 ^2 & 266=(14)(19) ^2 & ^2 =1 =1 [ 0 < 2 ] aligned Area of parallelogram = 1 2 | ~d ₁ | | d ₂ | = 266 2