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6. ⇒  (MHT CET 2023 9th May Evening Shift )

If a ¯ , b ¯ and c ¯ are any three non-zero vectors, then ( a ¯ + 2 b ¯ + c ¯ ) [ ( a ¯ b ¯ ) × ( a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ) ] =

A. [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ]

B. 2 [ a b c ]

C. 3 [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ]

D. 4 [ a b c ]

Correct answer option is (C)

( a ¯ + 2 b ¯ + c ¯ ) [ ( a ¯ b ¯ ) × ( a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ) ] = ( a ¯ + 2 b ¯ + c ¯ ) ( a ¯ × a ¯ a ¯ × b ¯ a ¯ × c ¯ b ¯ × a ¯ + b ¯ × b ¯ + b ¯ × c ¯ ) = ( a ¯ + 2 b ¯ + c ¯ ) ( 0 a ¯ × b ¯ a ¯ × c ¯ + a ¯ × b ¯ + 0 + b ¯ × c ¯ ) = ( a ¯ + 2 b ¯ + c ¯ ) ( c ¯ × a ¯ + b ¯ × c ¯ ) = a ¯ ( c ¯ × a ¯ ) + a ¯ ( b ¯ × c ¯ ) + 2 b ¯ ( c ¯ × a ¯ ) + 2 b ¯ ( b ¯ × c ¯ ) + c ¯ ( c ¯ × a ¯ ) + c ¯ ( b ¯ × c ¯ )

= 0 + a ¯ ( b ¯ × c ¯ ) + 2 b ¯ ( c ¯ × a ¯ ) + 2 × 0 0 0 = [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ] + 2 [ b ¯ c ¯ a ¯ ] = [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ] + 2 [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ] = 3 [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ]

7. ⇒  (MHT CET 2023 9th May Morning Shift )

If [ ( a ¯ + 2 b ¯ + 3 c ¯ ) × ( b ¯ + 2 c ¯ + 3 a ¯ ) ] ( c ¯ + 2 a ¯ + 3 b ¯ ) = 54 then the value of [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ] is

A. 0

B. 1

C. 3

D. 2

Correct answer option is (C)

R.H.S. of the given equality can be written as

( 2 a + 3 b + c ) [ ( a + 2 b + 3 c ) × ( 3 a + b + 2 c ) ] = ( 2 a ¯ + 3 b ¯ + c ¯ ) [ 3 ( a ¯ × a ¯ ) + ( a ¯ × b ¯ ) + 2 ( a ¯ × c ¯ ) + 6 ( b ¯ × a ¯ ) + 2 ( b ¯ × b ¯ ) + 4 ( b ¯ × c ¯ ) + 9 ( c × a ) + 3 ( c × b ) + 6 ( c × c ) ] = ( 2 a + 3 b + c ) [ 0 + ( a × b ) + 2 ( a × c ) 6 ( a ¯ × b ¯ ) + 0 + 4 ( b ¯ × c ¯ ) 9 ( a × c ) 3 ( b × c ) + 0 ] = ( 2 a + 3 b + c ) [ 5 ( a × b ) + ( b × c ) 7 ( a × c ) ] = 10 [ a ( a × b ) ] + 2 [ a ( b × c ) ] 14 [ a ( a × c ) ] 15 [ b ( a × b ) ] + 3 [ b ( b × c ) ] 21 [ b ( a × c ) ] 5 [ c ( a × b ) ] + [ c ( b × c ) ] 7 [ c ( a × c ) ] = 0 + 2 [ a b c ] + 0 + 0 + 0 + 21 [ a b c ] 5 [ a b c ] + 0 + 0 = 18 [ a b c ] 18 [ a b c ] = 54 [ a b c ] = 3

8. ⇒  (MHT CET 2023 9th May Morning Shift )

The volume of parallelopiped, whose coterminous edges are given by u = i ^ + j ^ + λ k ^ , v = i ^ + j ^ + 3 k ^ , w ¯ = 2 i ^ + j ^ + k ^ is 1 cu. units. If θ is the angle between u ¯ and w ¯ , then the value of cos θ is

A. 3 4

B. 5 6

C. 1 5

D. 1 6

Correct answer option is (B)

 Volume of parallelepiped  = [ u v w ] | 1 1 λ 1 1 3 2 1 1 | = 1 λ = 2 cos θ = 2 + 1 + 2 6 6 = 5 6

9. ⇒  (MHT CET 2021 20th September Evening Shift )

If [ a ¯ b ¯ c ¯ ] = 4 , then the volume (in cubic units) of the parallelopiped with a ¯ + 2 b ¯ , b ¯ + 2 c ¯ and c + 2 a as coterminal edges, is

A. 32

B. 16

C. 9

D. 36

Correct answer option is (D)

We have a ( b × c ) = 4

Volume of required parallelopiped is

( a + 2 b ) [ ( b + 2 c ) × ( c + 2 a ) ] = ( a + 2 b ) [ ( b × c ) + 2 ( c × c ) + 2 ( b × a ) + 4 ( c × a ) ] = a ( b × c ) + a ( 0 ) + 2 a ( b × a ) + 4 a ( c × a ) + 2 b ( b × c ) + 4 b ( 0 ) + 4 b ( b × a ) + 8 b ( c × a ) = a ( b × c ) + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 8 a ( b × c ) = 9 [ a ( b × c ) ] = 9 ( 4 ) = 36

10. ⇒  (MHT CET 2021 20th September Morning Shift )

If the volume of a tetrahedron whose conterminous edges are a + b , b + c , c + a is 24 cubic units, then the volume of parallelopiped whose coterminous edges are a , b , c is

A. 48 cubic units

B. 144 cubic units

C. 72 cubic units

D. 10 cubic units

Correct answer option is (C)

As per data given, we write

24 = 1 6 { ( a + b ) . [ ( b + c ) × ( c + a ) ] }

= 1 6 { ( a + b ) . [ ( b + c ) + ( b + a ) + ( c + a ) ] }

... [ c × c = 0 ]

144 = [ a . ( b × c ) ] + [ b . ( b × c ) ] + [ a . ( b × a ) ] + [ b . ( b × a ) ] + [ a . ( c × a ) ] + [ b . ( c × a ) ]

= [ a . ( b × c ) ] + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + [ b . ( c × a ) ]

= 2 [ a . ( b × c ) ] ...... [ b . ( c × a ) = a . ( b × c ) ]

a . ( b × c ) = 72 , i.e. volume of parallelopiped with conterminous edges a , b , c .