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JEE Main 2025 — 22 January, Morning Shift — Question 64

The position vectors of two 1 kg particles, (A) and (B), are given by

r⃗A=(α1t2i^+α2tj^+α3tk^)m\vec{r}_{A}=\left(\alpha_{1} t^{2} \hat{i}+\alpha_{2} t \hat{j}+\alpha_{3} t \hat{k}\right) m and r⃗B=(β1t^+β2t2j^+β3tk^)m\vec{r}_{B}=\left(\beta_{1} \hat{t}+\beta_{2} \mathrm{t}^{2} \hat{j}+\beta_{3} t \hat{k}\right) \mathrm{m}, respectively ;

(α1=1 m/s2,α2=3 nm/s,α3=2 m/s,β1=2 m/s\left(\alpha_{1}=1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}, \alpha_{2}=3 \mathrm{~nm} / \mathrm{s}, \alpha_{3}=2 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}, \beta_{1}=2 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\right.,

β2=−1 m/s2,β3=4pm/s\beta_{2}=-1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}, \beta_{3}=4 \mathrm{p} \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s} ),

where t is time, n and p are constants, At t=1 s,∣ V→A∣=∣V→B∣\mathrm{t}=1 \mathrm{~s},\left|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~V}}_{\mathrm{A}}\right|=\left|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{B}}\right| and velocities V⃗A\vec{V}_{A} and V⃗B\vec{V}_{B}

of the particles are orthogonal to each other. At t=1 st=1 \mathrm{~s}, the magnitude of angular

momentum of particle (A) with respect to the position of particle (B) is Lkgm2 s−1\sqrt{\mathrm{L}} \mathrm{kgm}^{2} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}. The value of LL is \qquad .

Answer: 90

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

VA=(2ti^+3nj^+2k^)\quad V_{A}=(2 t \hat{i}+3 n \hat{j}+2 \hat{k})

V⃗B=(2i^−2t^+4pk^)\vec{V}_{B}=(2 \hat{i}-2 \hat{\mathrm{t}}+4 \mathrm{p} \hat{\mathrm{k}})

V⃗A⋅V⃗B=0\vec{V}_{A} \cdot \vec{V}_{B}=0

4−6n+8p=04-6 n+8 p=0

2−3n+4p=02-3 n+4 p=0

3n=2+4p3 \mathrm{n}=2+4 \mathrm{p} ∣V⃗A∣=∣V→B∣\left|\vec{V}_{A}\right|=\left|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{B}}\right|

4+9n2+4=4+4+16p24+9 n^{2}+4=4+4+16 p^{2}

p=−14⇒n=13\mathrm{p}=\frac{-1}{4} \quad \Rightarrow \mathrm{n}=\frac{1}{3} L→=mA(r→A/B×V→A)\overrightarrow{\mathrm{L}}=\mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{A}}\left(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_{\mathrm{A} / \mathrm{B}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{A}}\right) r→A/B=(α1−β1)i^+(α2−β2)j^+(α3−β3)\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_{\mathrm{A} / \mathrm{B}}=\left(\alpha_{1}-\beta_{1}\right) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\left(\alpha_{2}-\beta_{2}\right) \hat{j}+\left(\alpha_{3}-\beta_{3}\right)

=(1−2)i^+(1+1)j^+3k^=(1-2) \hat{i}+(1+1) \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}

=∣i^j^k^−123212∣=i^+8j^−5k^=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} -1 & 2 & 3 2 & 1 & 2\end{array}\right|=\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}

=1+64+25=90=\sqrt{1+64+25}=\sqrt{90}

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Rotational Dynamics
Topic
Angular Momentum and its Conservation