Practicing Success
Find a unit vector perpendicular to each of the vector (\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) and (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\)), where \(\vec{a}\)=3\(\hat{i}\) + 2\(\hat{j}\) + 2 \(\hat{k}\) and \(\vec{b}\) = \(\hat{i}\) +2\(\hat{j}\) -2 \(\hat{k}\) |
±(4/3)\(\hat{i}\) ± (2/3)\(\hat{j}\) ± (1/3) \(\hat{k}\) ±(1/3)\(\hat{i}\) ± (10/3)\(\hat{j}\) ± (1/3)\(\hat{k}\) ±(2/3)\(\hat{i}\) ± (2/3)\(\hat{j}\) ± (1/3) \(\hat{k}\) ±(2/3)\(\hat{i}\) ± (1/3)\(\hat{j}\) ± (1/3)\(\hat{k}\) |
±(2/3)\(\hat{i}\) ± (2/3)\(\hat{j}\) ± (1/3) \(\hat{k}\) |
We have, \(\vec{a}\)=3\(\hat{i}\) + 2\(\hat{j}\) + 2 \(\hat{k}\) and \(\vec{b}\) = \(\hat{i}\) +2\(\hat{j}\) -2 \(\hat{k}\) (\(\vec{a}\) + \(\vec{b}\))= 4\(\hat{i}\)+ 4\(\hat{j}\) (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\) ) = 2\(\hat{i}\) + 4 \(\hat{j}\) (\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) x (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\)) = 16\(\hat{i}\) - 16\(\hat{j}\) - 8 \(\hat{k}\) |(\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) x (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\))| = √(16)2 + (-16)2 + (-8)2 |(\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) x (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\))| = 24 Hence, unit vector perpendicular to each of the vector (\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) x (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\)) is given by the relation = ±{((\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) x (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\)) }/ |(\(\vec{a}\) +\(\vec{b}\)) x (\(\vec{a}\) -\(\vec{b}\))| = ±{16\(\hat{i}\) - 16\(\hat{j}\) - 8 \(\hat{k}\)}/24 = ±(2/3)\(\hat{i}\) ± (2/3)\(\hat{j}\) ± (1/3) \(\hat{k}\)
|