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Scalar Triple Product — MATHS STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMATHSScalar Triple Product1 Mark
Question
For any three vectors $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}},\vec{\text{c}}$ the expression $\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big\{\big(\vec{\text{b}}-\vec{\text{c}}\big)\times\big(\vec{\text{c}}-\vec{\text{a}}\big)\big\}$ equals:
  1. $\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]$
  2. $2\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]$
  3. $\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}]}^2$
  4. None of these
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Answer

  1. None of these
Solution:
We have
$\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big[\big(\vec{\text{b}}-\vec{\text{c}}\big)\times\big(\vec{\text{c}}-\vec{\text{a}}\big)\big]$
$=\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big[\big(\vec{\text{b}}-\vec{\text{c}}\big)\times\vec{\text{c}}-\big(\vec{\text{b}}-\vec{\text{c}}\big)\times\vec{\text{a}}\big]$
$=\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{c}}-\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{c}}-\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)$
$=\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times{\vec{\text{c}}}-0-\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)$
$=\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)-\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)+\big(\vec{\text{a}}-\vec{\text{b}}\big).\big(\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)$
$=\vec{\text{a}}.\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)-\vec{\text{b}}\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{c}}\big)-\vec{\text{a}}\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)\\+\vec{\text{b}}.\big(\vec{\text{b}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)+\vec{\text{a}}.\big(\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)-\vec{\text{b}}.\big(\vec{\text{c}}\times\vec{\text{a}}\big)$
$=\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]-0-0+0+0-\big[\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\vec{\text{a}}\big]$ $\big(\therefore\big[\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]=\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{a}}\big]=\big[\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{a}}\big]=0\big)$
$=\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]-\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]$ $\big(\therefore\big[\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\big]=\big[\vec{\text{b}}\vec{\text{c}}\vec{\text{a}}\big]=\big[\vec{\text{c}}\vec{\text{a}}\vec{\text{b}}\big]\big)$
$=0$

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