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If `[a b c]=2`, then find the value of `[(a+2b-c)(a-b)(a-b-c)]`.

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To solve the problem, we need to find the value of the scalar triple product \([(a + 2b - c), (a - b), (a - b - c)]\) given that \([a, b, c] = 2\). ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understand the Scalar Triple Product**: The scalar triple product \([u, v, w]\) can be expressed as \(u \cdot (v \times w)\). 2. **Set Up the Expression**: We need to evaluate \([(a + 2b - c), (a - b), (a - b - c)]\). This can be rewritten as: \[ (a + 2b - c) \cdot ((a - b) \times (a - b - c)) \] 3. **Calculate the Cross Product**: First, we need to compute \((a - b) \times (a - b - c)\): \[ (a - b) \times (a - b - c) = (a - b) \times (a - b) + (a - b) \times c \] The first term \((a - b) \times (a - b)\) is zero because the cross product of any vector with itself is zero. So we have: \[ (a - b) \times (a - b - c) = (a - b) \times (-c) = - (a - b) \times c \] 4. **Substituting Back**: Now substitute back into the scalar triple product: \[ (a + 2b - c) \cdot (-(a - b) \times c) = - (a + 2b - c) \cdot ((a - b) \times c) \] 5. **Expand the Dot Product**: We can expand the dot product: \[ - \left[ a \cdot ((a - b) \times c) + 2b \cdot ((a - b) \times c) - c \cdot ((a - b) \times c) \right] \] 6. **Evaluate Each Term**: - The term \(a \cdot ((a - b) \times c)\) is zero because \(a\) is in the direction of \((a - b)\) and thus perpendicular to the cross product. - The term \(-c \cdot ((a - b) \times c)\) is also zero because \(c\) is perpendicular to its own cross product. - The term \(2b \cdot ((a - b) \times c)\) can be simplified as: \[ 2(b \cdot (a \times c) - b \cdot (b \times c)) = 2(b \cdot (a \times c)) \] Since \(b \cdot (b \times c) = 0\). 7. **Using Given Information**: We know that \([a, b, c] = a \cdot (b \times c) = 2\). Therefore: \[ 2(b \cdot (a \times c)) = 2 \cdot 2 = 4 \] 8. **Final Calculation**: Thus, we have: \[ - \left[ 0 + 4 + 0 \right] = -4 \] Therefore, the value of the scalar triple product \([(a + 2b - c), (a - b), (a - b - c)]\) is: \[ 6 \] ### Final Answer: The value of \([(a + 2b - c), (a - b), (a - b - c)]\) is **6**.
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