Practicing Success
The unit vector which is orthogonal to the vector $3\hat i+2\hat j+6\hat k$ and is coplanar with vectors $2\hat i+\hat j+\hat k$ and $\hat i-\hat j+\hat k$, is |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{41}}(2\hat i-6\hat j+\hat k)$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{13}}(2\hat i-3\hat j)$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}(3\hat j-\hat k)$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{34}}(4\hat i+3\hat j-3\hat k)$ |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}(3\hat j-\hat k)$ |
Let $\vec a=3\hat i+2\hat j+6\hat k, \vec b=2\hat i+\hat j+\hat k$ and $\vec c=\hat i-\hat j+\hat k$. Then, required unit vectors are given by Now, $\vec α=±\frac{\vec a×(\vec b×\vec c)}{|\vec a×(\vec b×\vec c)|}$ Now, $\vec a×(\vec b×\vec c)=(\vec a.\vec c)\vec b-(\vec a.\vec b)\vec c$ $⇒\vec a×(\vec b×\vec c)=7(2\hat i+\hat j+\hat k)-14(\hat i-\hat j+\hat k)$ $⇒\vec a×(\vec b×\vec c)=21\hat j-7\hat k$ $∴|\vec a×(\vec b×\vec c)|=\sqrt{21^2+7^2}=7\sqrt{10}$ Hence, required unit vectors are $∴\vec α=±\frac{21\hat j-7\hat k}{7\sqrt{10}}=±\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}(3\hat j-\hat k)$ |