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Prove that the necessary and sufficient condition for three vectors `veca,vecb` and `vecc` to be coplanar is that there exist scalars `l,m,n` (not all zero simultaneously) such that `lveca+mvecb+nvecc=vec0`.

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MODERN PUBLICATION-VECTORS-Exercise
  1. Show that the four points A,B,C,D with position vectors veca*vecb*vecc...

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  2. Show that the four points P,Q,R,S with position vectors vecp,vecq,vecr...

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  3. Prove that the necessary and sufficient condition for three vectors ve...

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  4. If veca,vecb,vecc,vecd respectively, are position vectors representing...

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  5. If Q is the point of intersection of the medians of a triangle ABC, pr...

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  6. G is the centroid of a triangle ABC, show that : vec(GA)+vec(GB)+vec(G...

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  7. Let veca,vecb,vecc,vecd be the position vectors of the four distinct p...

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  8. Show that the line joining any vertex of a parallelogram to the mid-po...

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  9. Prove that the figure formed by joining the mid-points of the pairs of...

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  10. Show that if P,A,B are any three points, then lambda vec(PA)+mu vec(PB...

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  11. Obtain the dot product of the vectors : veca=veci-hatj+hatk and vecb=v...

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  12. Write the magnitude of a vector veca in terms of dot product.

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  13. If veca=7hati+hatj-4hatk and vecb=2hati+6hatj+3hatk find the projectio...

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  14. Let veca=2hati+3hatj+2hatk and vceb=hati+2hatj+hatk. Find the projecti...

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  15. Find the projection of the vector hati-hatj on the vector hati+hatj.

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  16. Find veca.vecb If veca=3hati-hatj+2hatk and vecb=2hati+3hatj+3hatk

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  17. Find veca.vecb If veca=2hati-hatj+hatk and vecb=2hatj-hatk.

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  18. Evaluate the product (3 hata-5hatb) cdot(2hata+7hatb)

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  19. If veca is a unit vector and (vecx - veca) cdot (vecx + veca) = 8, th...

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  20. If veca is a unit vcetor and (vecx-veca)*(vecx+veca)=80, then find |ve...

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