Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Vectors

Question:

The values of \(x\) for which \(x(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})\) is a unit vector are

Options:

\(\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\)

\(\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)

\(\pm 1\)

\(\pm 2\)

Correct Answer:

\(\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\)

Explanation:
\(\begin{aligned}\text{Given, }|x(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}|^{2}&=1\\ |x|^{2} 3&=1\\ |x|^{2}&=\frac{1}{3}\\ |x|&=\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\end{aligned}\)