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MHT CET · Maths · Vector Algebra

A, B, C, D are four points in a plane with position vectors \(\overline{\mathrm{a}}, \overline{\mathrm{b}}, \overline{\mathrm{c}}, \overline{\mathrm{d}}\) respectively such that \((\overline{\mathrm{a}}-\overline{\mathrm{d}}) \cdot(\overline{\mathrm{b}}-\overline{\mathrm{c}})=(\overline{\mathrm{b}}-\overline{\mathrm{d}}) \cdot(\overline{\mathrm{c}}-\overline{\mathrm{a}})=0\). The point \(\mathrm{D}\), then is the of \(\triangle \mathrm{ABC}\)

  1. A centroid
  2. B circumcentre
  3. C incentre
  4. D orthocentre
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(D) orthocentre

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\(\begin{aligned} & (\overline{\mathrm{a}}-\overline{\mathrm{d}}) \cdot(\overline{\mathrm{b}}-\overline{\mathrm{c}})=(\overline{\mathrm{b}}-\overline{\mathrm{d}})(\overline{\mathrm{c}}-\overline{\mathrm{a}})=0 \\ & \overline{\mathrm{AD}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{BC}}=\overline{\mathrm{BD}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{CA}}=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \overline{\mathrm{AD}} \perp \overline{\mathrm{BC}} \text { and } \overline{\mathrm{BD}} \perp \overline{\mathrm{CA}}\end{aligned}\)


\(\Rightarrow D\) is the orthocentre of \(\triangle A B C\).
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