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QJEEM24Mabaad: JEE Main 2024 Physics - Class 11 JEEM24Mabaad Solution: Let and be three given vectors. If is a vector such that and ,…

Let a⃗=9i^−13j^+25k^,b⃗=3i^+7j^−13k^\vec{a}=9 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}-13 \hat{k} and c⃗=17i^−2j^+k^\vec{c}=17 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k} be three given vectors. If r⃗\vec{r} is a vector such that r⃗×a⃗=(b⃗+c⃗)×a⃗\vec{r} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{a} and r⃗⋅(b⃗−c⃗)=0\vec{r} \cdot(\vec{b}-\vec{c})=0 , then ∣593r⃗+67a⃗∣2(593)2\frac{|593 \vec{r}+67 \vec{a}|^2}{(593)^2} is equal to __________.

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amp;a⃗=9i^−13j^+25k^amp;b⃗=3i^+7j^−13k^amp;c⃗=17i^−2j^+k^amp;r⃗×a⃗=(b⃗+c⃗)×a⃗amp;(r⃗−(b⃗+c⃗))×a⃗=0amp;⇒r⃗=(b⃗+c⃗)+λa⃗amp;r⃗=(20i^+5j^−12k^)+λ(9i^−13j^+25k^)amp;=(20+9λ)i^+(5−13λ)j^+(25λ−12)k^\begin{aligned}& \vec{a}=9 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k} \\& \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}-13 \hat{k} \\& \vec{c}=17 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k} \\& \vec{r} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{a} \\& (\vec{r}-(\vec{b}+\vec{c})) \times \vec{a}=0 \\& \Rightarrow \vec{r}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c})+\lambda \vec{a} \\& \vec{r}=(20 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-12 \hat{k})+\lambda(9 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k}) \\& =(20+9 \lambda) \hat{i}+(5-13 \lambda) \hat{j}+(25 \lambda-12) \hat{k}\end{aligned}

Now r⃗⋅(b⃗−c⃗)=0\vec{r} \cdot(\vec{b}-\vec{c})=0

r⃗⋅(−14i^+9j^−14k^)=0\vec{r} \cdot(-14 \hat{i}+9 \hat{j}-14 \hat{k})=0

Now

amp;−14(20+9λ)+9(5−13λ)−14(25λ−12)=0amp;−593λ−67=0amp;λ=−67593amp;∴r⃗=(b⃗+c⃗)−67593a⃗amp;∣593r⃗+67a⃗∣2∣593∣2=∣b⃗+c⃗∣2=∣20i^+5j^−12k^∣2amp;=569\begin{aligned}& -14(20+9 \lambda)+9(5-13 \lambda)-14(25 \lambda-12)=0 \\& -593 \lambda-67=0 \\& \lambda=-\frac{67}{593} \\& \therefore \vec{r}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c})-\frac{67}{593} \vec{a} \\& \frac{|593 \vec{r}+67 \vec{a}|^2}{|593|^2}=|\vec{b}+\vec{c}|^2=|20 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-12 \hat{k}|^2 \\& =569\end{aligned}

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