For any two non-zero vectors $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b},(a \bar{b}+b \bar{a}) \cdot(a \bar{b}-b \bar{a})$ is

For any two non-zero vectors $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b},(a \bar{b}+b \bar{a}) \cdot(a \bar{b}-b \bar{a})$ is
  1. $2|\overline{\mathrm{b}}| 2$
  2. $0$
  3. $|\overline{\mathrm{a}}|^2$
  4. $|\overline{\mathrm{a}}|^2+|\overline{\mathrm{b}}|^2$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & (a \vec{b}+b \vec{a}) \cdot(a \vec{b}-b \vec{a}) \\ & =a^2(\vec{b} \cdot \vec{b})-b^2(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{a}) \\ & =a^2 b^2-b^2 a^2 \\ & =0\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (05 Aug Shift 1)

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