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The length of the longer diagonal of the parallelogram constructed on $5\vec a+2\vec b$ and $\vec a-3\vec b$, if it is given that $|\vec a|=2\sqrt{2},|\vec b|=3$ and $\vec a.\vec b=\frac{π}{4}$, is |
15 $\sqrt{113}$ $\sqrt{593}$ $\sqrt{369}$ |
$\sqrt{593}$ |
The diagonals of the parallelogram are $\vec α=5\vec a+2\vec b+\vec a-3\vec b= 6\vec a-\vec b$ and $\vec β = ±(4\vec a+5\vec b)$ Now, $|\vec α|=|6\vec a-\vec b|$ $⇒|\vec α|=\sqrt{36|\vec a|^2+|\vec b|^2-12 (\vec a.\vec b)}$ $⇒|\vec α|=\sqrt{36×8+9-12 × 2\sqrt{2} × 3×\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}=15$ and, $|\vec β|=|4\vec a +5\vec b|$ $⇒|\vec β|=\sqrt{16|\vec a|^2+25|\vec b|^2+40(\vec a.\vec b)}$ $⇒|\vec β|=\sqrt{16×8+25×9+40×2\sqrt{2}×3×\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}=\sqrt{593}$ Clearly, $|\vec β|>|\vec α|$ Hence, the length of the longer diagonal is $\sqrt{593}$. |