Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Vectors

Question:

If \(\left|\vec{a}\times \vec{b}\right|^{2}+\left|\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}\right|^{2}=144\) and \(\left|\vec{a}\right|=4\) then \(\left|\vec{b}\right|\) is equal to

Options:

\(12\)

\(8\)

\(4\)

\(3\)

Correct Answer:

\(3\)

Explanation:
\(\begin{aligned}\left|\vec{a}\times \vec{b}\right|^{2}+\left|\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}\right|^{2}&=\left|a\right|^{2}\left|b\right|^{2}\\ 144&=16|\vec{b}|^{2}\\ |\vec{b}|^{2}&=9\\ |\vec{b}|&=3\end{aligned}\)