J & K CET Engineering J and K - CET Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    If \[4|\vec{a}|=12|\vec{b}|=3|\vec{c}|=12\] and \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\vec{0},\] then \[\vec{a}\,\,.\,\,\vec{b}+\vec{b}\,.\,\,\vec{c}+\vec{c}\,.\,\,\vec{a}\] is equal to

    A)  \[-8\]           

    B)  \[8\]

    C)  \[-13\]           

    D)  \[13\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Given,    \[4|\vec{a}|=12|\vec{b}|=3|\vec{c}|=12\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[|\vec{a}|=3,\,\,\,|\vec{b}|=1\]  and \[|\vec{c}|=4\] and \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\vec{0}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c})}^{2}}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[|\vec{a}{{|}^{2}}+|\vec{b}{{|}^{2}}+|\vec{c}{{|}^{2}}+2(\vec{a}.\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}\] \[+\vec{c}.\vec{a})=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[2(\vec{a}.\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a})=-(9+1+16)\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\vec{a}.\,\vec{b}+\vec{b}.\vec{c}+\vec{c}.\vec{a}=\frac{-26}{2}=-13\]


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