VECTORS 135

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Q.1 Find i if k

4 a + =

and k

2 j

2 i

b + i =

are perpendicular to each other.. [C.B.S.E. 2000]

Q.2 Find a unit vector perpendicular to both k

2 j

3 a + =

and k

3 i

2 b + =

. [C.B.S.E. 2000]
Q.3 Define a

and prove that

b a

, b . a b a

= tan
u
, where
u
is the angle between
the vectors a

and b

. [C.B.S.E. 2000]
Q.4 If three vectors
c and b , a

are such that

0 c b a

= + +
, prove that
a c c b b a

= =
[C.B.S.E. 2001]
Q.5 If k

3 i

4 a + + =

and k 2 i b =

find a b 2

. [C.B.S.E. 2001]
Q.6 Find a vector whose magnitude is 3 units and which is perpendicular to the following
two vectors a

and b

:
k

4 j

3 a + =

and k

2 j

5 i

6 b + =

[C.B.S.E. 2001]
Q.7 In AOAB, k j

2 i

3 OA + =

and k j

3 i

OB + + =

. Find the area of the triangle.[C.B.S.E. 2002]

Q.8 Prove that
, ,
2
2 2
2
b . a | b | . | a | b a

=
. [C.B.S.E. 2002]
Q.9 For any two vectors
a

and
b

, show that
, , , ,
2
2 2 2
1 | a | 1 | b | 1 a.b | a b a b | + + = + + +


[C.B.S.E. 2002]
Q.10 If
b , a

and
c

are position vectors of points A, B and c, then prove that

, a c c b b a

+ +
is a vector perpendicular to the plane of AABC. [C.B.S.E. 2002]
Q.11 Find the value of
i
so that the two vectors
k

3 i

2 +
and.
k

6 i

4 i + +
are
(i) Parallel (ii) Perpendicular to each other [C.B.S.E. 2003]
Q.12 Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane ABC where the position vectors
of A, B and C are k 2 j

, k

2 + + + and
k

3 i

2 +
respectively.. [C.B.S.E. 2004]
Q.13 If
k

3 j

5 a =

and k

5 j

3 i

b + =

, then show that vectors b a

+ and b a

are orthogonal.
[C.B.S.E. 2004]
Q.14 Show that the points whose position vectors are k

5 j

4 i

2 b

. k

3 i

4 a + = + =

and j

c =

form a right angled triangle. [C.B.S.E. 2005]

Q.15 Let k

j 3 b , j

a = =

. Find a vector
d

which is perpendicular to both a

and b

and c

. d

=1. [C.B.S.E. 2005]

Q.16 Express the vector k

5 j

2 i

5 a + =

as sum of two vectors such that one is parallel

to the vector k

3 b + =

and the other is perpendicular to

b

. [C.B.S.E. 2005]
Q.17 If b , a

and
c

are mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude, show that they are
equally inclined to the vector , c b a

+ + . [C.B.S.E. 2006]
Q.18 If k

3 j

2 i

a + =

and k

2 j

3 b + =

, show that b a

+ and b a

are perpendicular to
each other. [C.B.S.E. 2006]
Q.19 Find the angle between the vectors
b a

+
and b a

where k

3 j

2 a + =

and k

2 j

3 b =

[C.B.S.E. 2006]
Q.20 If k

a + + =

and k

b =

find a vector c

such that b c a


= and 3 c . a =

. [C.B.S.E. 2007]
BOARD PROBLES
EXERCISE II
VECTORS 136
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Q.21 Find the projection of c b

+ on
a

where k

2 j

2 i

b , k

2 i

2 a + = + =

and k

4 j

2 c + =

[C.B.S.E. 2007]
Q.22 Three vectors a

,
b

and c

satisfy the condition 0 c b a

= + + . Find the value of

a . c c . b b . a

+ + if 2 c and 4 b , 1 a = = =

. [C.B.S.E. 2008]
Q.23 Find a vector of magnitude 5 units. perpendicular to each of the vectors , b a

+
and , b a

where
k

a + + =

and
k

3 j

2 i

b + + =

[C.B.S.E. 2008]
Q.24 If
k

3 j

2 i

3 . j

5 i

2 , k

+ + + +
and
k

6 i

are the position vectors of the points A, B, C
and D, find the angle between

AB
and

CD
. Deduce that

AB
and

CD
are collinear..
[C.B.S.E. 2008]
Q.25 If
, 7 c and , 5 b , 3 a and 0 c b a = = = = + +

show that angle between

a

and
b

is 60.
[C.B.S.E. 2008]
Q.26 The scalar product of the vector
k

+ +
with a unit vector along the sum of vectors
k

3 j

2 i

+ + i k

5 j

4 i

2 + +
and is equal to one. Find the value of
i
. [C.B.S.E. 2009]
Q.27 If
P

is a unit vector and , , 80 p x p x = +

, then find x

. [C.B.S.E. 2009]
Q.28 Find the projection of a

on
b

if a

. b

= 8 and k

3 j

6 i

2 b + + =

[C.B.S.E. 2009]
Q.29 If
k

a + + =

,
k

3 j

2 i

4 b + =

and
k

2 i

c + =

, find a vector of magnitude 6 units

which is parallel to the vector c 3 b a 2

+ . [C.B.S.E. 2010]
Q.30 Let k

4 j

2 c and k

7 j

2 i

3 b , k

2 j

4 i

a + = + = + + =

. Find a vector d

which is
perpendicular to both . 18 d . c and b and a =

[C.B.S.E. 2010]
Q.31 Using vectors, find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 1, 2), B(2, 3, 5) and C(1, 5, 5).
[C.B.S.E. 2011]
Q.32 Let
^ ^ ^
k 2 j 4 i a + + =

,
^ ^ ^
k 7 j 2 i 3 b + =

and
^ ^ ^
k 4 j i 2 c + =

. Find a vector

p which is
perpendicular to both

a and

b and

c . p = 18. [C.B.S.E. 2012]
Q.32 If
^ ^ ^
k 7 j i a + =

and
^ ^ ^
k j i 5 b i + =

, then find the value of i, so that

+ b a
and

b a
are
perpendicular vectors[C.B.S.E. 2013]
ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE 2 (BOARD PROBLEMS)
1. 1 2. ) k

7 j

5 (
3 5
1
+ 6. k

2 i

2 + 7.
2
3
10
sq units 10. 60 27. 14 6 11. (i) 2
(ii) 26
12.
14
1
( k

2 i

3 + 15.
4
1
( k

3 j

+ + ) 16. k

3 j

2 i

; k

2 i

6 + + 19.
2
t
20.
k

3
2
j

3
2
i

3
5
+ +
21.
2
22.
2
21
23.
6
5
i
+
6
10
j

6
5
k
24. 180 26. 1 27. 9 28.
7
8
29. k

4 j

4 i

2 + 30. k

28 j

2 i

64
31.
61
2
1
32.
^ ^ ^
k 28 j 2 i 64 p =