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QJEEM22Mafcc8: JEE Main 2022 Physics - Class 11 JEEM22Mafcc8 Solution: Let a → and b → be two vectors such that

Let a→ and b→ be two vectors such that |a→+b→|2=|a→|2+2|b→|2,a→⋅b→=3 and |a→×b→|2=75. Then |a→|2 is equal to __________.

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∵∣a⃗+b˙∣2=∣a⃗∣2+2∣b∣2\because|\vec{a}+\dot{b}|^{2}=|\vec{a}|^{2}+2|b|^{2}

or ∣a⃗∣2+∣b⃗∣2+2a⃗⋅b⃗=∣a⃗∣2+2∣b⃗∣2|\vec{a}|^{2}+|\vec{b}|^{2}+2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=|\vec{a}|^{2}+2|\vec{b}|^{2}

∴∣b⃗∣2=6\therefore|\vec{b}|^{2}=6

Now ∣a⃗×b⃗∣2=∣a⃗∣2∣b⃗∣2−(a⃗⋅b⃗)2|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^{2}=|\vec{a}|^{2}|\vec{b}|^{2}-(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b})^{2}

75=|a→|2⋅6−9

∴∣a⃗∣2=14\therefore|\vec{a}|^{2}=14

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