If $P$ is a point lying on the line passing through the point $A(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$ and parallel to the vector $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ such that $|\mathbf{A P}|=18$, then a position vector of $P$ is

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Given, $\begin{aligned} \mathbf{A P} & =18 \\ \mathbf{O A} & =\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}} \end{aligned}$ Now, $\mathbf{A P}=18 \times \frac{2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}}{\sqrt{(2)^2+(l)^2+(-2)^2}}$ $\begin{aligned} & =18 \times \frac{2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}}{\sqrt{4+1+4}} \\ & =18 \times \frac{2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}}{3} \\ & =6(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}})=12 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{k}} \end{aligned}$ By triangle law, $\begin{aligned} \mathbf{O P} & =\mathbf{O A}+\mathbf{A P} \\ & =\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}+12 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{k}} \\ & =13 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{k}} \end{aligned}$

If \(P\) is a point lying on the line passing through the point \(A(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3…

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