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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 10. vector algebra

If the vectors, \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}=(a+1) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+a \hat{\mathrm{j}}+a \hat{\mathrm{k}}\)  ; \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{q}}=\mathrm{a} \hat{\mathrm{i}}+(\mathrm{a}+1) \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{a} \hat{\mathrm{k}}\) and  \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\mathrm{a} \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\mathrm{a} \hat{\mathrm{j}}+(\mathrm{a}+1) \hat{\mathrm{k}}(\mathrm{a} \in \mathrm{R})\) are coplanar and \(3(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{q}})^{2}-\lambda|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{q}}|^{2}=0,\) then the value of \(\lambda\) is

  1. A \(0.5\)
  2. B \(1\)
  3. C \(1.5\)
  4. D \(2\)
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(B) \(1\)

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\(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}=(\mathrm{a}+1) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\mathrm{a} \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{a\hat{k }}\) \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{q}}=\mathrm{a\hat{i }}+(\mathrm{a}+1) \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{a} \hat{\mathrm{k}}\) and…