Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2023

Let $\overrightarrow a$, $\overrightarrow b$ and $\overrightarrow c$ be three non zero vectors such that $\overrightarrow b$ . $\overrightarrow c$ = 0 and $$\overrightarrow a \times (\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c ) = {{\overrightarrow b - \overrightarrow c } \over 2}$$. If $\overrightarrow d$ be a vector such that $$\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow d = \overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b $$, then $$(\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b )\,.\,(\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow d )$$ is equal to

  1. A $\frac{1}{2}$
  2. B $-\frac{1}{4}$
  3. C $\frac{1}{4}$ Correct answer
  4. D $\frac{3}{4}$

Solution

$\vec{b}(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c})-\vec{c}(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b})=\frac{\vec{b}-\vec{c}}{2}$ $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=\frac{1}{2}, \quad \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=\frac{1}{2}$ <br/><br/> $$ \begin{aligned} (\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot(\vec{c} \times \vec{d}) & =(\vec{b} \cdot \vec{d})(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c})-(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d})(\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}) \\\\ & =(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b})(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}) \\\\ & =\frac{1}{4} \end{aligned} $$

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Vector Algebra · Topic: Types of Vectors

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