Practicing Success
If $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ are to non-collinear vectors such that $|\vec a|=3,|\vec b|=4$ and $\vec a-\vec b=\hat i+2\hat j+3\hat k$, then the value of $\left\{\frac{\vec a}{|\vec a|^2}-\frac{\vec b}{|\vec b|^2}\right\}^2$ is equal to |
$\frac{1}{24}$ $\frac{5}{72}$ $\frac{7}{72}$ $\frac{7}{48}$ |
$\frac{7}{72}$ |
We know that $\left\{\frac{\vec a}{|\vec a|^2}-\frac{\vec b}{|\vec b|^2}\right\}^2=\left\{\frac{\vec a-\vec b}{|\vec a||\vec b|}\right\}$ $∴\left\{\frac{\vec a}{|\vec a|^2}-\frac{\vec b}{|\vec b|^2}\right\}^2=\frac{|\vec a-\vec b|^2}{|\vec a|^2|\vec b|^2}=\frac{1+4+9}{9×16}=\frac{14}{9×16}=\frac{7}{72}$ |