Practicing Success
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 $\vec r=\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec a}{|\vec a|^2}\right\}\vec a+\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec b}{|\vec b|^2}\right\}\vec b+\left\{\frac{\vec r.\vec c}{|\vec c|^2}\right\}\vec c$ |
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. |
Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1. |
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. |