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If \(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}, \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}\) are three non coplanar vectors and \(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{p}}, \overrightarrow{\mathbf{q}}, \overrightarrow{\mathbf{r}}\) are defined by the relations
\(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{p}}=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}}{[\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}]}, \quad \overrightarrow{\mathbf{q}}=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}}{[\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}]}\) and \(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{r}}=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}}{[\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}]}\)
then \(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{p}}+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{q}}+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{r}}\) is equal to

  1. A 0
  2. B 1
  3. C 2
  4. D 3
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(B) 1

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\(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{p}}+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{q}}+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{r}}\)
\(=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}}{[\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}]}+\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}}{[\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}]}+\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}}{[\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}]} \)
\( = 1+1-1=1\)