Question

If $$\overrightarrow a ,\,\overrightarrow b ,\,\overrightarrow c $$   are three noncoplanar nonzero vectors then $$\left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow a } \right)\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c + \left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b } \right)\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a + \left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c } \right)\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b $$           is equal to :

A. $$\left[ {\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a } \right]\overrightarrow a $$  
B. $$\left[ {\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a \,\,\overrightarrow b } \right]\overrightarrow b $$
C. $$\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\,\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c } \right]\overrightarrow c $$
D. none of these
Answer :   $$\left[ {\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a } \right]\overrightarrow a $$
Solution :
As $$\overrightarrow a ,\,\overrightarrow b ,\,\overrightarrow c $$   are noncoplanar, $$\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c ,\,\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a ,\,\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b $$      are also noncoplanar.
So, any vector can be expressed as a linear combination of these vectors.
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let }}\overrightarrow a = \lambda \overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c + \mu \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a + \nu \overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b \cr & \therefore \overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow a = \lambda \left[ {\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a } \right],\,\,\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b = \mu \left[ {\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a \,\,\overrightarrow b } \right],\,\,\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c = \nu \left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\,\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c } \right] \cr & \therefore \,\overrightarrow a = \frac{{\left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow a } \right)\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c }}{{\left[ {\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a } \right]}} + \frac{{\left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b } \right)\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a }}{{\left[ {\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow a \,\,\overrightarrow b } \right]}} + \frac{{\left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c } \right)\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b }}{{\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\,\overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow c } \right]}} \cr} $$

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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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