ASSIGNMENT CLASS XII VECTOR ALGEBRA

1. In a regular hexagon ABCDEF, if AB a and BC b , then express CD, DE , EF , FA, AC , AD, AE and CF

in terms of a and b .

2. If a i j, b j k , c k i , find a unit vector in the direction of a b c .

3. The position vectors of the points P, Q and R are i 2 j 3 k , 2 i 3 j 5 k , 7 i k respectively. Prove that
P, Q and R are collinear.

4. If a i 2 j 3 k , b 2 i 4 j 5 k represents two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, find unit vectors parallel

to the diagonals of the parallelogram.

5. Prove that the points i j , 4 i 3 j k , 2 i 4 j 5k are the vertices of a right angled triangle.
6. If the position vectors of the vertices of a triangle ABC are i 2 j 3k , 2 i 3 j k , 3 i j 2k , prove that
ABC is an equilateral triangle.
7.
Write the position vector of a point dividing
the line segment joining
points A and B with position vectors

a and b externally in the ratio 1: 4, where a 2 i 3 j 4k and b i j k .

8. Find the projection of b c on a , where a 2 i 2 j k , b i 2 j 2 k and c 2 i j 4k .

9. If a i j 2k and b 3 i 2 j k , find the value of a 3 b . 2a b .

10. Find a vector whose magnitude is 3 units and which is perpendicular to each of the vectors a 3 i j 4k

and b 6 i 5 j 2k .

11. If a , b and c be three vectors such that a b c 0 and a 3, b 5, c 7 , find angle between a and b .

12. If a and b are vectors such that a 2, b 3 and a . b 4, find a b and a b .

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13. If a and b are unit vectors and is the angle between them, prove that sin 1 a b and cos a b .
2 2
2 2
14. Show that the points A , B and C with position vectors 2i j k , i 3 j 5k , 3 i 4 j 4k respectively, are
the vertices of the right triangle. Also, find the remaining angles of the triangle.

15. If a i 2 j 3k and b 3 i j 2k , then show that a b is perpendicular to a b .

16. Find the angle between the vectors a b and a b , if a 2 i j 3k and b 3 i j 2k .

17. Express the vectors a 5 i 2 j 5k as sum of two vectors such that one is parallel to the vector b 3 i k

and the other is perpendicular to b .

18. The dot products of a vector with the vectors i j 3k , i 3 j 2k and 2 i j 4k are 0, 5, 8 respectively.
Find the vector.

19. Find a unit vector perpendicular to each of the vectors a 4 i j 3k and b 2 i 2 j k .

20. If a 26, b 7 and a b 35, find a . b .

21. Find the area of the triangle whose adjacent sides are determined by the vectors a 2 i 5k and

b i 2 j k .

22. Find the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are determined by the vectors a 3 i j 2k and

b i 3 j 4 k .

23. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are determined by the vectors a 2 i 3 j 6k and

b 3 i 4 j k .

24. Show that points whose position vectors are a 5 i 6 j 7k , b 7 i 8 j 9k , c 3 i 20 j 5k are collinear.

25. Let a i j , b 3 j k , c 7 i k . Find a vector d such that it is perpendicular to both a and b ,and c . d 1

26. If a , b , c are the position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a ABC respectively, find an expression
for the area of ABC and hence deduce the condition for the points A, B and C to be collinear.

27. If a i j k , c j k are given vectors, then find a vector b satisfying equations a b c and a . b 3 .



28. If a , b , c are three vectors such that a b c 0 , then prove that a b b c c a .





29. If a b c d and a c b d , show that a d is parallel to b c , where a d , b c .




30. If a . b a . c and a b a c and a 0 , then show that b c .

ANSWERS

1. CD b a , DE a , EF b , FA a b , AC a b , AD 2b , AE 2b a , CF 2 a
1
1
1
11
i j k
i 2 j 8 k
2.
4.
3 i 6 j 2 k ,
7. 3 i j 5k
8. 2 9. 15
7
3
3
69
35
6

1
10. 2 i 2 j k
11. 600
12. 5 , 21
14. cos1
16.
, cos

2
41
41
1
1
17. 6i 2k , i 2 j k
18. i 2 j k
19.
i 2 j 2k
20. 7
21.
165 sq.units
3
2
1
1
1
22. 10 3 sq.units
23.
1274 sq.units 25.
i j 3k
26. ar ABC a b b c c a ;
2
4
2

1
a b b c c a 0
27. b 5 i 2 j 2k
3