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For non-zero vectors $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}}$ and $\vec{\text{c}}$ the relation $\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ holds good, if:
  1. $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=0$
  2. $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=0=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}$
  3. $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0$
  4. $\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0$
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Answer

  1. $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0$

Solution:

we have

$\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|$

$=\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big)\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|\big|\cos\theta\big|$

$=\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big)\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ (If $\theta=0^\circ\text{or}180^\circ,$ i.e. vectors $\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}$ and $\vec{\text{c}}$ are parallel)

$=\big|\big(\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\sin\alpha\big)\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$

$=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ (If $\alpha=90^\circ,$ i. e. vectors $\vec{\text{a}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}$ are perpendicular)

$\therefore\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ (If vectors $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}},\vec{\text{c}}$ are perpendicular to each other)

Thus, the relation $\big|\big(\vec{\text{a}}\times\vec{\text{b}}\big).\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|\big|\vec{\text{c}}\big|$ holds good if $\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=0,\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=0$ and $\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0.$

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