Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Vectors

Question:

Statement-1: Let $\vec r$ be any vector in space. Then, $\vec r=(\vec r-\hat i)\hat i+(\vec r-\hat j)\hat j+(\vec r-\hat k)\hat k$

Statement-2: If $\vec a,\vec b,\vec c$ are three non-coplanar vectors in space and r is vectors in any space,  then $\vec r=\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec a}{|\vec a|^2}\right\}\vec a+\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec b}{|\vec b|^2}\right\}\vec b+\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec c}{|\vec c|^2}\right\}\vec c$

Options:

Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.

Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False. 

Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.

Correct Answer:

Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

Explanation:

We know that any vector in space can be written as a linear combination of three non-coplanar vectors.

$∴\vec r=x\hat a+y\hat b+z\hat c$   ...(i)

where $\hat a,\hat b$ and $\hat c$ are unit vectors along $\vec a,\vec b$ and $\vec c$ respectively.

Clearly, x, y and z are projections of $\vec r$ on $\vec a,\vec b$ and $\vec c$ respectively.

$∴x=\frac{\vec r.\vec a}{|\vec a|},y=\frac{\vec r.\vec b}{|\vec b|}$ and $\frac{\vec r.\vec c}{|\vec c|}$

Substituting the values of x, y, z in (i), we get

$\vec r=\frac{\vec r.\vec a}{|\vec a|}\vec a+\frac{\vec r.\vec b}{|\vec b|}\vec b+\frac{\vec r.\vec c}{|\vec c|}\vec c$

$⇒\vec r=\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec a}{|\vec a|^2}\right\}\vec a+\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec b}{|\vec b|^2}\right\}\vec b+\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec c}{|\vec c|^2}\right\}\vec c$

So, statement-2 is true.

On replacing $\vec a,\vec b$ and $\vec c$ by $\hat i,\hat j$ and $\hat k$, in statement-2, we obtain statement-1.

So, statement-1 is also true and statement-2 is a correct explanation of statement-1.