Practicing Success
If θ is the angle between two vectors \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\) then \(\vec{a}\).\(\vec{b}\) ≥0 only when- |
0 ≤θ ≤ π/6 0 ≤θ ≤ π/4 0 ≤θ ≤ π/2 0 ≤θ ≤ π |
0 ≤θ ≤ π/2 |
Let θ is the angle between two vectors \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\) then \(\vec{a}\) . \(\vec{b}\)≥0 Then, without loss of generality, \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\)are non-zero vectors so that |\(\vec{a}\)| and | \(\vec{b}\) | are positive. it is known that (\(\vec{a}\) .\(\vec{b}\)) =|\(\vec{a}\) |.|\(\vec{b}\) | cosθ ⇒ | \(\vec{a}\)|.|\(\vec{b}\) |cosθ ≥0 ⇒ cosθ ≥0 ⇒ 0 ≤ θ ≤ π/2 Hence \(\vec{a}\).\(\vec{b}\)≥0 when 0 ≤θ ≤ π/2
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