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VECTOR ALGEBRA — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsVECTOR ALGEBRA2 Marks
Question
If $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}}$ and $\vec{\text{c}}$ are mutually perpendicular unit vectors, write the value of $\big|\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}+\vec{\text{c}}\big|.$
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Answer

Given that $\vec{\text{a}},\vec{\text{b}}$ and $\vec{\text{c}}$ are unit vectors.
So, $|\vec{\text{a}}|=1,\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|=1$ and $|\vec{\text{c}}|=1\dots(1)$
Since they are mutually perpendicular,
$\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}=\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}=\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}=0\dots(2)$
Now,
$\big|\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}+\vec{\text{c}}\big|^2=|\vec{\text{a}}|^2+\big|\vec{\text{b}}\big|+|\vec{\text{c}}|^2+2\vec{\text{a}}.\vec{\text{b}}+2\vec{\text{b}}.\vec{\text{c}}+2\vec{\text{c}}.\vec{\text{a}}$
$=1+1+1+0+0+0$ [using (1) and (2)]
$=3$
$\therefore\big|\vec{\text{a}}+\vec{\text{b}}+\vec{\text{c}}\big|=\sqrt{3}$

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