CET Karnataka Engineering CET - Karnataka Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    If \[\left| \vec{a}\times \vec{b} \right|=4\] and \[\left| \vec{a}\,.\,\vec{b} \right|=2\] then \[{{\left| {\vec{a}} \right|}^{2}}{{\left| {\vec{b}} \right|}^{2}}\] is equal to :

    A)  6                                            

    B)  2

    C)  20                                         

    D)  8

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    We have \[\vec{a}\times \vec{b}=4\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[|\overrightarrow{a}|\,\,.\,|\overrightarrow{b}|\sin \theta =4\]                                           ... (1) \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\sin \theta =\frac{4}{|\overrightarrow{a}|\,\,|\overrightarrow{b}|}\] Now \[|\overrightarrow{a}\,\,.\,\,\,\overrightarrow{b}|=2\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[|\overrightarrow{a}|\,.\,\,|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}{{\cos }^{2}}\theta =4\]                            ... (2) or            \[|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}|\overrightarrow{b}|co{{s}^{2}}\theta =4\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}(1-{{\sin }^{2}}\theta )=4\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}\left( 1-\frac{16}{|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}\,|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}} \right)=4\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}\,|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}-16=4\]                 \[|\overrightarrow{a}{{|}^{2}}=|\overrightarrow{b}{{|}^{2}}=20\]


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