Practicing Success
If a, b, c are the pth, qth and rth terms of a G.P., then the angle between the vector $\vec u =(\log a) \hat i + (\log b)\hat j + (\log c)\hat k$ and $\vec v = (q-r)\hat i + (r-p)\hat j+(p −q)\hat k$, is |
$\frac{π}{3}$ $\frac{π}{6}$ $π$ $\frac{π}{2}$ |
$\frac{π}{2}$ |
Let A be the first term and R be the common ratio of the given GP. Then, $a = AR^{p-1}, b = AR^{q-1}, c = AR^{r-1}$ $⇒a^{q-r}b^{r-P} c^{p-q}=A^0R^0=1$ $⇒(q-r)\log a +(r-p)\log b + (p-q)\log c = 0$ $⇒\vec u.\vec v=0⇒\vec u⊥\vec v$ Hence, require angle is $π/2$. |