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AP EAMCET · Maths · Vector Algebra

Let \(\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}\) and \(\vec{c}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k}\) be two vectors. If \(\vec{a}\) is a vector such that \(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}\), then \(|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}+\vec{c} \times \vec{a}|=\)

  1. A \(15\)
  2. B \(\sqrt{261}\)
  3. C \(\sqrt{234}\)
  4. D \(33\)
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(C) \(\sqrt{234}\)

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\begin{aligned} & \text {} \because \vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0 \Rightarrow \vec{a}=-(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \\ & \text { Now, } \vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}+\vec{c} \times \vec{a}=-(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{b}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}-\vec{c} \times(\vec{b}+\vec{c})…