CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    If \[P\times Q=Q\times P,\] then angle between Q and P is

    A)  \[\pi \]                                

    B)  \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    C)  \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]                                             

    D)  \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]

    E)  \[\frac{7\pi }{3}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    As,          \[\mathbf{P}\times \mathbf{Q}=\mathbf{Q}\times \mathbf{P}\] \[(\mathbf{P}\times \mathbf{Q})-(\mathbf{Q}\times \mathbf{P})=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[(\mathbf{P}\times \mathbf{Q})-[-\,(\mathbf{P}\times \mathbf{Q})]=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]                               \[2\,(\mathbf{P}\times \mathbf{Q})=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]                               \[2PQ\sin \theta =0\] As           \[|\mathbf{P}|\,\ne 0\]and \[|\mathbf{Q}|\,\ne 0\] This implies \[PQ\ne 0\] then \[\sin \theta =0\] \[\theta =0{}^\circ \,\text{or}\,\pi \]


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