Mathematics · Vector Algebra

JEE Main 2025 — 2 April, Morning Shift — Question 25

Let ABCDA B C D be a tetrahedron such that the edges ABA B, ACA C and ADA D are mutually perpendicular. Let the areas of the triangles ABC,ACDA B C, A C D and ADBA D B be 5,65,6 and 77 square units respectively. Then the area (in square units) of the △BCD\triangle B C D is equal to

  1. Option A:

    110\sqrt{110}

    Correct
  2. Option B:

    737 \sqrt{3}

  3. Option C:

    340\sqrt{340}

  4. Option D:

    12

Answer: A

Step-by-step solution

ar⁡(△ABC)=5\operatorname{ar}(\triangle A B C)=5

12×bc=5\frac{1}{2} \times b c=5

⇒bc=10\Rightarrow b c=10

ar⁡(△ACD)=6\operatorname{ar}(\triangle A C D)=6

12×cd=6\frac{1}{2} \times c d=6

⇒cd=12\Rightarrow c d=12

ar⁡(△ABD)=7x′(b,0,0)\operatorname{ar}(\triangle A B D)=7 \quad x^{\prime}(b, 0,0)

bd=14b d=14 area (△BCD)=12∣BC→×BD→∣(\triangle B C D)=\frac{1}{2}|\overrightarrow{B C} \times \overrightarrow{B D}|

BC→=⟨−b,c,0⟩\overrightarrow{B C}=\langle-b, c, 0\rangle

BD→=⟨−b,0,d⟩\overrightarrow{B D}=\langle-b, 0, d\rangle

∣BC→×BD→∣=c2d2+b2d2+b2c2|\overrightarrow{B C} \times \overrightarrow{B D}|=\sqrt{c^{2} d^{2}+b^{2} d^{2}+b^{2} c^{2}}

=122+142+102=\sqrt{12^{2}+14^{2}+10^{2}}

=440=\sqrt{440}

ar⁡(△BCD)=110\operatorname{ar}(\triangle B C D)=\sqrt{110}

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Vector Algebra
Topic
Volume of parallelopiped, tetrahedron.