Practicing Success
Let $\vec a, \vec b, \vec c$ be unit vectors such that $\vec a + \vec b + \vec c = \vec 0$. Which one of the following is correct? |
$\vec a×\vec b =\vec b×\vec c = \vec c×\vec a=\vec 0$ $\vec a×\vec b =\vec b×\vec c = \vec c×\vec a≠\vec 0$ $\vec a×\vec b =\vec b×\vec c = \vec a×\vec c=\vec 0$ $\vec a×\vec b,\vec b×\vec c,\vec c×\vec a$ are mutually perpendicular vectors. |
$\vec a×\vec b =\vec b×\vec c = \vec c×\vec a≠\vec 0$ |
We have, $\vec a + \vec b + \vec c = \vec 0$ ⇒ Unit vectors $\vec a, \vec b, \vec c$ represent three sides of a triangle taken in order ⇒ Triangle is equilateral. We get, $\vec a×\vec b =\vec b×\vec c = \vec c×\vec a$ Also, $\frac{1}{2}|\vec a×\vec b|=\frac{1}{2}|\vec b×\vec c|=\frac{1}{2}|\vec c×\vec a|$ = Area of triangle $⇒\frac{1}{2}|\vec a×\vec b|=\frac{1}{2}|\vec b×\vec c|=\frac{1}{2}|\vec c×\vec a|=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$ $∴\vec a×\vec b =\vec b×\vec c = \vec c×\vec a≠\vec 0$ |