Let $\vec a,\vec b,\vec c$ be three unit vectors such that angle between $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ is $α$, $\vec b$ and $\vec c$ is $β$ and $\vec c$ and $\vec a$ is $γ$. If $|\vec a+\vec b+\vec c|=2$, then $\cos α + \cos β + \cos γ =$ |
1 $-\frac{1}{2}$ $\frac{3}{2}$ $\frac{1}{2}$ |
$\frac{1}{2}$ |
We have, $\vec a.\vec b = \cos α, \vec b. \vec c = \cos β$ and $\vec c. \vec a = \cos γ$ Now, $|\vec a+\vec b+\vec c|=2$ $⇒|\vec a+\vec b+\vec c|^2=4$ $⇒|\vec a|+|\vec b|^2+|\vec c|^2+2(\vec a.\vec b+\vec b. \vec c+\vec c. \vec a)=4$ $⇒1+1+1+2(\cos α+\cos β+\cos γ)=4$ $⇒\cos α+\cos β+\cos γ=\frac{1}{2}$ |