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

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"`.

Find the acute angle between the planes `vec"r". (hat"i" - 2hat"j" - 2hat"k") = 1` and `vec"r". (3hat"i" - 6hat"j" - 2hat "k") = 0`

X and Y are two points with position vectors `3vec("a") + vec("b")` and `vec("a")-3vec("b")`respectively. Write the position vector of a point Z which divides the line segment XY in the ratio 2 : 1 externally.

Let  `vec("a") = hat"i" + 2hat"j" - 3hat"k"` and `vec("b") = 3hat"i" -"j" +2hat("k")` be two vectors. Show that the vectors `(vec("a")+vec("b"))` and `(vec("a")-vec("b"))`are perpendicular to each other.

Find the value of x such that the four-point with position vectors,
`"A"(3hat"i"+2hat"j"+hat"k"),"B" (4hat"i"+"x"hat"j"+5hat"k"),"c" (4hat"i"+2hat"j"-2hat"k")`and`"D"(6hat"i"+5hat"j"-hat"k")`are coplaner.

If D, E, F are the midpoints of the sides BC, CA, AB of a triangle ABC, prove that `bar"AD" + bar"BE" + bar"CF" = bar0`.

Using properties of scalar triple product, prove that `[(bar"a" + bar"b",  bar"b" + bar"c",  bar"c" + bar"a")] = 2[(bar"a",  bar"b",  bar"c")]`.

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)`.