Practicing Success
The unit vector in the ZOX plane making angles 45° and 60° respectively, with $\vec a = 2\hat i+2\hat j-\hat k$ and $\vec b=\hat j-\hat k$, is |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(-\hat i+\hat k)$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\hat i-\hat k)$ $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\hat i+\frac{1}{2}\hat k$ none of these |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\hat i-\hat k)$ |
Let the required vector be $\vec r = x\hat i+y\hat k$ Since $\vec r$ is a unit vector. $∴x^2 + y^2=1$ ...(i) It is given that $\vec r$ makes 45° and 60° angles with $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ respectively. $∴os 45° =\frac{\vec r.\vec a}{|\vec r||\vec a|}$ and $\cos 60° =\frac{\vec r.\vec b}{|\vec r||\vec b|}$ $⇒\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}=\frac{2x-y}{3}$ and $\frac{1}{2}=-\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}$ $⇒2x -y=\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$ and $y=-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}⇒x=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},y-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ Hence, $\vec r=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\hat i-\hat k)$ |