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JEE Advanced 2021 — Paper 1 — Question 31

Let u⃗,v⃗\vec{u}, \vec{v} and w⃗\vec{w} be vectors in three-dimensional space, where u⃗\vec{u} and v⃗\vec{v} are unit vectors which are not perpendicular to each other and u⃗⋅w⃗=1,v⃗⋅w⃗=1,w⃗⋅w⃗=4\vec{u} \cdot \vec{w}=1, \vec{v} \cdot \vec{w}=1, \vec{w} \cdot \vec{w}=4. If the volume of the parallelepiped, whose adjacent sides are represented by the vectors u⃗,v⃗\vec{u}, \vec{v} and w⃗\vec{w} is 2\sqrt{2} , then the value of ∣3u⃗+5v⃗∣|3 \vec{u}+5 \vec{v}| is \qquad

Answer: 7

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Step-by-step solution

[u⃗  v⃗  w⃗]2=∣u⃗⋅u⃗u⃗⋅v⃗u⃗⋅w⃗v⃗⋅u⃗v⃗⋅v⃗v⃗⋅w⃗w⃗⋅u⃗w⃗⋅v⃗w⃗⋅w⃗∣=∣1u⃗⋅v⃗1v⃗⋅u⃗11114∣=2[\vec{u} \; \vec{v} \; \vec{w}]^{2} = \begin{vmatrix} \vec{u} \cdot \vec{u} & \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v} & \vec{u} \cdot \vec{w} \\ \vec{v} \cdot \vec{u} & \vec{v} \cdot \vec{v} & \vec{v} \cdot \vec{w} \\ \vec{w} \cdot \vec{u} & \vec{w} \cdot \vec{v} & \vec{w} \cdot \vec{w} \end{vmatrix} = \begin{vmatrix} 1 & \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v} & 1 \\ \vec{v} \cdot \vec{u} & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 4 \end{vmatrix} = 2

=1(3)−u⃗⋅v⃗(4u⃗⋅v⃗−1)+1(u⃗⋅v⃗−1)=2=1(3)-\vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}(4 \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}-1)+1(\vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}-1)=2

=3−4(u⃗⋅v→)2+u→⋅v→+u→⋅v→−1=2=−4(u→⋅v→)2+2u→⋅v→=0=3-4(\vec{u} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}})^{2}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}-1=2=-4(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}})^{2}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}=0

(u⃗⋅v⃗)(2−4(u⃗⋅v⃗))=0;u⃗⋅v⃗=0,u⃗⋅v⃗=12(\vec{u} \cdot \vec{v})(2-4(\vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}))=0 ; \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}=0, \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}=\frac{1}{2}

∣3u⃗+5v⃗∣2=9∣u⃗∣2+30u⃗⋅v⃗+25∣v⃗∣2=9+15+25=49|3 \vec{u}+5 \vec{v}|^{2}=9|\vec{u}|^{2}+30 \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v}+25|\vec{v}|^{2}=9+15+25=49

∴∣3u⃗+5v⃗∣=7\therefore|3 \vec{u}+5 \vec{v}|=7

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Exam
JEE Advanced 2021
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Vector Algebra
Topic
Volume of parallelopiped, tetrahedron.
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