BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    If|\[|\vec{a}|=2,|\vec{b}|=3,|\vec{c}|=4\]and \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0,\] then the value of \[\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a}+\vec{a}+\vec{a}.\vec{b}\]is equal to

    A)  \[\frac{19}{2}\]               

    B)         \[-\frac{19}{2}\]              

    C)         \[\frac{29}{2}\]               

    D)         \[-\frac{29}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given, \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c})}^{2}}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[|\vec{a}{{|}^{2}}+|\vec{b}{{|}^{2}}+|\vec{c}{{|}^{2}}\] \[+\,2(\vec{a}.\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a})=0\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]\[4+9+16+2(\vec{a}.\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a})=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\vec{a}.\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a}=\frac{-29}{2}\]


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