Practicing Success
Two co-terminus vectors $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ include at an angle of 60°. If $|\vec a|=|\vec b|=c$, then the length of the diagonal of the parallelogram formed by $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ that does not include the co-terminus point is |
$c$ $\sqrt{2}c$ $\sqrt{3}c$ $2c$ |
$c$ |
The length of the required diagonals is $|\vec a -\vec b|$. Now, $|\vec a -\vec b|^2=|\vec a|^2+|\vec b|^2-2(\vec a.\vec b)$ $⇒|\vec a -\vec b|^2=|\vec a|^2+|\vec b|^2-2|\vec a||\vec b|\cos 60°$ $⇒|\vec a -\vec b|^2=c^2 + c^2 - c^2 = c^2⇒|\vec a -\vec b|=c$ |