Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Vectors

Question:

If \(\hat{i},\hat{j}\) and \(\hat{k}\) are unit vectors then the value of \(\hat{i}\cdot \left(\hat{j}\times \hat{k}\right)+\hat{j}\cdot \left(\hat{i}\times \hat{k}\right)+\hat{k}\cdot \left(\hat{i}\times \hat{j}\right)\) is

Options:

\(0\)

\(-1\)

\(1\)

\(3\)

Correct Answer:

\(1\)

Explanation:
\(\begin{aligned}\hat{i}\cdot (\hat{j}\times \hat{k})+\hat{j}\cdot (\hat{i}\times \hat{k})+\hat{k}\cdot (\hat{i}\times \hat{j})&=\hat{i}\cdot \hat{i}+\hat{j}\cdot (-\hat{j})+\hat{k}\cdot \hat{k}\\ &=\hat{i}\cdot \hat{i}-\hat{j}\cdot \hat{j}+\hat{k}\cdot \hat{k}\\ &=1-1+1\\ &=1\end{aligned}\)