Arts (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions for Mathematics

Show that the vectors \[\vec{a,} \vec{b,} \vec{c}\] are coplanar if and only if \[\vec{a} + \vec{b}\], \[\vec{b} + \vec{c}\] and \[\vec{c} + \vec{a}\] are coplanar.

Find a unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors \[\vec{a} + \vec{b} \text { and } \vec{a} - \vec{b}\] ,where \[\vec{a} = \hat{i}+ \hat{j} + \hat{k} , \vec{b} =\hat {i} + 2 \hat{j} + 3 \hat{k}\].

If θ is the angle between any two vectors `bara` and `barb` and `|bara · barb| = |bara xx barb|` then θ is equal to ______.

Find the position vector of the point which divides the join of points with position vectors `vec"a" + 3vec"b" and vec"a"- vec"b"` internally in the ratio 1 : 3. 

If `|vec"a"| = 4, |vec"b"| = 3` and `vec"a".vec"b" = 6 sqrt(3)`, then find the value of `|vec"a" xx vec"b"|`.

Find the angle between the vectors `vec"a" + vec"b" and  vec"a" -vec"b" if  vec"a" = 2hat"i"-hat"j"+3hat"k" and vec"b" = 3hat"i" + hat"j"-2hat"k", and"hence find a vector perpendicular to both"  vec"a" + vec"b" and vec"a" - vec"b"`.

The value of λ for which the two vectors `2hati - hatj + 2hatk` and `3hati + λhatj + hatk` are perpendicular is ______.

If `hata` and `hatb` are unit vectors, then prove that `|hata + hatb| = 2 cos  theta/2`, where θ is the angle between them.

Find the direction cosines of the following line:

`(3 - x)/(-1) = (2y - 1)/2 = z/4`

The scalar projection of the vector `3hati - hatj - 2hatk` on the vector `hati + 2hatj - 3hatk` is ______.

If two vectors `veca` and `vecb` are such that `|veca|` = 2, `|vecb|` = 3 and `veca.vecb` = 4, then `|veca - 2vecb|` is equal to ______.

Find the direction ratio and direction cosines of a line parallel to the line whose equations are 6x − 12 = 3y + 9 = 2z − 2

Let `veca = hati + hatj, vecb = hati - hatj` and `vecc = hati + hatj + hatk`. If `hatn` is a unit vector such that `veca.hatn` = 0 and `vecb.hatn` = 0, then find `|vecc.hatn|`.

If `veca` and `vecb` are unit vectors inclined at an angle 30° to each other, then find the area of the parallelogram with `(veca + 3vecb)` and `(3veca + vecb)` as adjacent sides.

Write the projection of the vector `(vecb + vecc)` on the vector `veca`, where `veca = 2hati - 2hatj + hatk, vecb = hati + 2hatj - 2hatk` and `vecc = 2hati - hatj + 4hatk`.

If `veca, vecb, vecc` are three vectors such that `veca.vecb = veca.vecc` and `veca xx vecb = veca xx vecc, veca ≠ 0`, then show that `vecb = vecc`.

If `|veca`| = 3, `|vecb|` = 5, `|vecc|` = 4 and `veca + vecb + vecc` = `vec0`, then find the value of `(veca.vecb + vecb.vecc + vecc.veca)`.

If `veca, vecb, vecc` are three non-zero unequal vectors such that `veca.vecb = veca.vecc`, then find the angle between `veca` and `vecb - vecc`.

If the angle between `veca` and `vecb` is `π/3` and `|veca xx vecb| = 3sqrt(3)`, then the value of `veca.vecb` is ______.

The position vectors of three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are `A(4hati + 2hatj - 6hatk), B(5hati - 3hatj + hatk)`, and `C(12hati + 4hatj + 5hatk)`. The position vector of D is given by ______.