Given
c=(cos2θ)a+(sin2θ)bSubstituting the value of
c in the second term of the expression
(a×b)+(b×c)+(c×a):
b×c=b×((cos2θ)a+(sin2θ)b)b×c=(cos2θ)(b×a)+(sin2θ)(b×b)Since
b×b=0 and
b×a=−(a×b):
b×c=−(cos2θ)(a×b)Substituting the value of
c in the third term:
c×a=((cos2θ)a+(sin2θ)b)×ac×a=(cos2θ)(a×a)+(sin2θ)(b×a)Since
a×a=0:
c×a=−(sin2θ)(a×b)Adding the three terms together:
(a×b)+(b×c)+(c×a)=(a×b)−(cos2θ)(a×b)−(sin2θ)(a×b)=(a×b)[1−(cos2θ+sin2θ)]Using the trigonometric identity
cos2θ+sin2θ=1:
=(a×b)[1−1]=0Answer:
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