$\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}, \mathrm{D}$ are any 4 points and $|\overline{A B} \times \overline{C…

$\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}, \mathrm{D}$ are any 4 points and $|\overline{A B} \times \overline{C D}+\overline{B C} \times \overline{A D}+\overline{C A} \times \overline{B D}|=\lambda$ (Area of $\triangle A B C$ ) then $\lambda=$
  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $3$
  4. $4$

Solution

Given four points A, B, C and D with position vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}$ respectively. Now $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AB}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{CD}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{BC}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{AD}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{CA}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{BD}}|=\lambda$ Area of $\varnothing$ $\mathrm{ABC}$. $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow|(\vec{b}-\vec{a}) \times(\vec{a}-\vec{c})+(\vec{c}-\vec{b}) \times(\vec{d}-\vec{a})+(\vec{a}-\vec{c}) \times(\vec{d}-\vec{b})| \\ & \frac{\lambda}{2}|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}+\vec{c} \times \vec{a}| \\ & 2|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}+\vec{c} \times \vec{a}|=\frac{\lambda}{2}|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}+\vec{c} \times \vec{a}|\end{aligned}$ Compare above equation, $\begin{gathered}2=\frac{\lambda}{2} \\ \lambda=4\end{gathered}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2022 (08 Jul Shift 1)

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