Question

Let $$\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 1,\,\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = \sqrt 2 ,\,\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right| = \sqrt 3 ,$$       and $$\,\overrightarrow a \bot \left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right),\,\overrightarrow b \bot \left( {\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow a } \right)$$       and $$\overrightarrow c \bot \left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right).$$    Then $$\left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right|$$   is :

A. $$\sqrt 6 $$  
B. $$6$$
C. $$\sqrt {14} $$
D. none of these
Answer :   $$\sqrt 6 $$
Solution :
$$\overrightarrow a .\left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right) = 0{\text{ or }}\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c = 0$$
Similarly, we get $$\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow a = 0$$     and $$\overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow b = 0$$
Adding these, $$\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c
+ \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a = 0$$
$$\eqalign{ & {\left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right|^2} = {\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right)^2} \cr & = {\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|^2} + {\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|^2} + {\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|^2} + 2\left( {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a } \right) \cr & = 1 + 2 + 3 + 0 \cr & = 6 \cr & \therefore \,\left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right| = \sqrt 6 \cr} $$

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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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