Question

For any vector $$\overrightarrow p ,$$ the value of $$\frac{3}{2}\left\{ {{{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat i} \right|}^2} + {{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat j} \right|}^2} + {{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat k} \right|}^2}} \right\}{\text{ is :}}$$

A. $${\overrightarrow p ^2}$$
B. $$2{\overrightarrow p ^2}$$
C. $$3{\overrightarrow p ^2}$$  
D. $$4{\overrightarrow p ^2}$$
Answer :   $$3{\overrightarrow p ^2}$$
Solution :
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Suppose, }}\overrightarrow p = {p_1}\hat i + {p_2}\hat j + {p_3}\hat k \cr & \overrightarrow p \times \hat i = {p_2}\hat j \times \hat i + {p_3}\hat k \times \hat i = - {p_2}\hat k + {p_3}\hat j \cr & {\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat i} \right|^2} = p_2^2 + p_3^2 \cr & {\text{Similarly, }}{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat j} \right|^2} = p_3^2 + p_1^2 \cr & {\text{and }}{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat k} \right|^2} = p_1^2 + p_2^2 \cr & \therefore \,\frac{3}{2}\left\{ {{{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat i} \right|}^2} + {{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat j} \right|}^2} + {{\left| {\overrightarrow p \times \hat k} \right|}^2}} \right\} \cr & = 3\left( {p_1^2 + p_2^2 + p_3^2} \right) \cr & = 3{\overrightarrow p ^2} \cr} $$

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Releted Question 1

The scalar $$\vec A.\left( {\vec B + \vec C} \right) \times \left( {\vec A + \vec B + \vec C} \right)$$      equals :

A. $$0$$
B. $$\left[ {\vec A\,\vec B\,\vec C} \right] + \left[ {\vec B\,\vec C\,\vec A} \right]$$
C. $$\left[ {\vec A\,\vec B\,\vec C} \right]$$
D. None of these
Releted Question 2

For non-zero vectors $$\vec a,\,\vec b,\,\vec c,\,\left| {\left( {\vec a \times \vec b} \right).\vec c} \right| = \left| {\vec a} \right|\left| {\vec b} \right|\left| {\vec c} \right|$$       holds if and only if -

A. $$\vec a.\vec b = 0,\,\,\,\vec b.\vec c = 0$$
B. $$\vec b.\vec c = 0,\,\,\,\vec c.\vec a = 0$$
C. $$\vec c.\vec a = 0,\,\,\,\vec a.\vec b = 0$$
D. $$\vec a.\vec b = \vec b.\vec c = \vec c.\vec a = 0$$
Releted Question 3

The volume of the parallelepiped whose sides are given by $$\overrightarrow {OA} = 2i - 2j,\,\,\overrightarrow {OB} = i + j - k,\,\,\overrightarrow {OC} = 3i - k,$$         is :

A. $$\frac{4}{{13}}$$
B. $$4$$
C. $$\frac{2}{7}$$
D. none of these
Releted Question 4

The points with position vectors $$60i + 3j,\,\,40i - 8j,\,\,ai - 52j$$      are collinear if :

A. $$a = - 40$$
B. $$a = 40$$
C. $$a = 20$$
D. none of these

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