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The vectors $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$ are not perpendicular and $\overline{\mathrm{c}}$ and…
The vectors $\bar{a}$ and $\bar{b}$ are not perpendicular and $\overline{\mathrm{c}}$ and $\overline{\mathrm{d}}$ are two vectors satisfying $\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{c}}=\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{d}}$ and $\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{d}}=0$, then the vector $\overline{\mathrm{d}}$ is equal to
$\bar{b}+\left(\frac{\bar{b} \cdot \bar{c}}{\bar{a} \cdot \bar{b}}\right) \bar{c}$ $\overline{\mathrm{c}}-\left(\frac{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}}{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{b}}}\right) \overline{\mathrm{b}}$ $\bar{b}-\left(\frac{\bar{b} \cdot \bar{c}}{\bar{a} \cdot \bar{b}}\right) \bar{c}$ $\overline{\mathrm{c}}+\left(\frac{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}}{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{b}}}\right) \overline{\mathrm{b}}$
Solution
Given,
Vectors $\overline{\mathrm{a}}$ and $\overline{\mathrm{b}}$ are not perpendicular
$\begin{aligned}
\therefore \quad & \overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}} \neq 0 \\
& \overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~d}}=0 \\
& \overline{\mathrm{~b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{c}}=\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{d}} \\
& \Rightarrow \overline{\mathrm{a}} \times(\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{c}})=\overline{\mathrm{a}} \times(\overline{\mathrm{b}} \times \overline{\mathrm{d}}) \\
& \Rightarrow(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}) \overline{\mathrm{b}}-(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}}) \overline{\mathrm{c}}=(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~d}}) \overline{\mathrm{b}}-(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}}) \overline{\mathrm{d}} \\
& \Rightarrow(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}}) \overline{\mathrm{d}}=-(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}) \cdot \overline{\mathrm{b}}+(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}}) \overline{\mathrm{c}} \\
\quad & \Rightarrow \overline{\mathrm{~d}}=\frac{-(\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}) \overline{\mathrm{b}}}{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}}}+\overline{\mathrm{c}} \\
\Rightarrow & \overline{\mathrm{~d}}=\overline{\mathrm{c}}-\left(\frac{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}}{\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{~b}}}\right) \overline{\mathrm{b}}
\end{aligned}$
Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (03 May Shift 2)
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