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QJEEM20Ma9967: JEE Main 2020 Physics - Class 11 JEEM20Ma9967 Solution: Let , and be three vectors such that , and the angle between…

Let a→\overrightarrow a , b→\overrightarrow b and c→\overrightarrow c be three vectors such that ∣a→∣=3\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = \sqrt 3 , ∣b→∣=5,b→.c→=10\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 5,\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c = 10 and the angle between b→\overrightarrow b and c→\overrightarrow c is π3{\pi \over 3} . If a→{\overrightarrow a } is perpendicular to the vector b→×c→\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c , then ∣a→×(b→×c→)∣\left| {\overrightarrow a \times \left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right)} \right| is equal to _____.

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Given ∣a→∣=3\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = \sqrt 3 , ∣b→∣=5\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 5

Given b→.c→=10\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c = 10

And the angle between b→\overrightarrow b and c→\overrightarrow c is π3{\pi \over 3}

∴\therefore bccos⁡π3bc\cos {\pi \over 3} = 10

⇒\Rightarrow c = 4

a→{\overrightarrow a } is perpendicular to the vector b→×c→\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c

∴\therefore a→.(b→×c→)\overrightarrow a .\left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right) = 0 and angle between them is π2{\pi \over 2}

Now ∣a→×(b→×c→)∣\left| {\overrightarrow a \times \left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right)} \right|

= ∣a→∣∣b→×c→∣sin⁡π2\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|\left| {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right|\sin {\pi \over 2}

= ∣a→∣\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| . ∣b→∣.∣c→∣{\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|.\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|} sin⁡π3\sin {\pi \over 3} .1

= 3×5×4×32\sqrt 3 \times 5 \times 4 \times {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}

= 30

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