If $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ are unit vectors such that $\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}$, then…

If $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ are unit vectors such that $\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}$, then the value of $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}$ is
  1. $0$
  2. $\frac{-1}{2}$
  3. $2$
  4. $\frac{-3}{2}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & |\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}|=|\vec{a}|^2+|\vec{b}|^2+|\vec{c}|^2+2(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}) \\ & \Rightarrow 0=1^2+1^2+1^2+2(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}) \\ & \Rightarrow \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}=-\frac{3}{2}\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (10 Aug Shift 1)

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