If area of the parallelogram with $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$ as two adjacent sides is 20 square units, then the…

If area of the parallelogram with $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$ as two adjacent sides is 20 square units, then the area of the parallelogram having $3 \bar{a}$ $+\overline{\mathrm{b}}$ and $2 \overline{\mathrm{a}}+3 \overline{\mathrm{b}}$ as two adjacent sides in square units is
  1. 105
  2. 120
  3. 75
  4. 140

Solution

We have $|\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}}|=20$ and we have to find value of $\begin{aligned} & |(3 \overline{\mathrm{a}}+\overline{\mathrm{b}}) \times(2 \overline{\mathrm{a}}+3 \overline{\mathrm{b}})| \\ & (3 \overline{\mathrm{a}}+\overline{\mathrm{b}}) \times(2 \overline{\mathrm{a}}+3 \overline{\mathrm{b}}) \\ & =6(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}})+9(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}})+2(\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{a}})+3(\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}}) \\ & =0+9(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}})-2(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}})+0=7(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times \overline{\mathrm{b}}) \end{aligned}$ Hence area of the required parallelogram $=7 \times 20=140$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (20 Sep Shift 2)

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