Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Vectors

Question:
If \(\vec{a},\vec{b},\vec{c}\) are three unit vectors such that \(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0\) then \(\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b}+\cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c}\cdot \vec{a}\) is equal to
Options:
\(0\)
\(1\)
\(-3/2\)
\(-1\)
Correct Answer:
\(-3/2\)
Explanation:
\(\begin{aligned}|\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}|^{2}&=0\\ |\vec{a}|^{2}+|\vec{b}|^{2}+|\vec{c}|^{2}+2(\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b}\cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c}\cdot \vec{a})&=0\\ \vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b}\cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c}\cdot \vec{a}&=-\frac{3}{2}\end{aligned}\)