Let $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ be two unit vectors and $α$ be the angle between them, then $\vec a + \vec b$ is a unit vector, if $α =$ |
$π/4$ $π/3$ $2π/3$ $π/2$ |
$2π/3$ |
We have, $|\vec a|=|\vec b|=1$ It is given that $|\vec a+\vec b|=1$ $⇒|\vec a+\vec b|^2=1$ $⇒|\vec a|^2=|\vec b|^2+2(\vec a.\vec b)=1$ $⇒|\vec a|^2=|\vec b|^2+2|\vec a||\vec b|\cos α=1$ $⇒2+2\cos α=1$ $[∵|\vec a|=1,|\vec b|=1]$ $⇒\cos α=-\frac{1}{2}⇒α=\frac{2π}{3}$ |