Practicing Success
If $\vec b$ and $\vec c$ are any two non-collinear vectors, and $\vec a$ is any vector, then $(\vec a. \vec b) \vec b + (\vec a.\vec c) \vec c +\frac{\vec a(\vec b×\vec c)}{|\vec b×\vec c|^2}(\vec b×\vec c)=$ |
$\vec a$ $\vec b$ $\vec c$ none of these |
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If $α,β,γ$ are three non-coplanar vectors, then any vector $\vec r$ can be written as $\vec r=\frac{(\vec r.\vec α)}{|\vec α|^2}\vec α+\frac{(\vec r.\vec β)}{|\vec β|^2}\vec β+\frac{(\vec r.\vec γ)}{|\vec γ|^2}\vec γ$ Since $\vec b$ and $\vec c$ are non-collinear vectors. Therefore, $\vec b, \vec c$ and $\vec b×\vec c$ are three non-coplanar vectors. $∴\vec a=\frac{(\vec a.\vec b)}{|\vec b|^2}\vec b+\frac{(\vec a.\vec c)}{|\vec c|^2}\vec c+\frac{\vec a.(\vec b×\vec c)}{|\vec b×\vec c|^2}(\vec b×\vec c)$ $⇒\vec a=(\vec a.\vec b)\vec b+(\vec a.\vec c)\vec c+\frac{\vec a(\vec b×\vec c)}{|\vec b×\vec c|^2}(\vec b×\vec c)$ |