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Prove that `|overset(rarr)a-overset(b)|ge||overset(rarr)a|-|overset(rarr)b||` When does the equally holds?

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To prove the inequality \( |\vec{a} - \vec{b}| \geq ||\vec{a}| - |\vec{b}|| \), we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Understand the expression We need to show that the magnitude of the difference between two vectors \( \vec{a} \) and \( \vec{b} \) is always greater than or equal to the absolute difference of their magnitudes. ### Step 2: Square both sides To simplify the comparison, we will square both sides of the inequality: \[ ...
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  • Let overset(rarr)C = overset(rarr)A+overset(rarr)B then :

    A
    `|overset(rarr)C|` is always greater then `|overset(rarr)A|` and `|overset(rarr)C| lt |overset(rarr)B|`
    B
    it is possible to have
    C
    `|overset(rarr)C|` is always equal to `|overset(rarr)A + overset(rarr)B|`
    D
    `|overset(rarr)C|` is never equal to `|overset(rarr)A+overset(rarr)B|`
  • If |overset(rarr)A-overset(rarr)B|=|overset(rarr)A|-|overset(rarr)B| the angle between overset(rarr)A and overset(rarr)B is

    A
    `60^(@)`
    B
    `0^(@)`
    C
    `120^(@)`
    D
    `90^(@)`
  • Dot product of two vectors overset(rarr)A and overset(rarr)B is defined as overset(rarr)A.overset(rarr)B=aB cos phi , where phi is angle between them when they are drawn with tails coinciding. For any two vectors . This means ovsert(rarr)A . overset(rarr)B=overset(rarr)B. overset(rarr)A that . The scalar product obeys the commutative law of multiplication, the order of the two vectors does not matter. The vector product of two vectors overset(rarr)A and overset(rarr)B also called the cross product, is denoted by overset(rarr)A xx overset(rarr)B . As the name suggests, the vector product is itself a vector. overset(rarr)C=overset(rarr)A xx overset(rarr)B then C=AB sin theta , For non zero vectors overset(rarr)A, overset(rarr)B, overset(rarr)C,|(overset(rarr)Axxoverset(rarr)B).overset(rarr)C|=|overset(rarr)A||overset(rarr)B||overset(rarr)C| holds if and only if

    A
    `overset(rarr)A.overset(rarr)B=0,overset(rarr)B.overset(rarr)C=0`
    B
    `overset(rarr)B.overset(rarr)C=0,overset(rarr)C.overset(rarr)A=0`
    C
    `overset(rarr)C.overset(rarr)A=0,overset(rarr)A.overset(rarr)B=0`
    D
    `overset(rarr)A.overset(rarr)B=overset(rarr)B.overset(rarr)C=overset(rarr)C.overset(rarr)A=0`
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