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\(\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}\) are three unit vectors such that \(x \bar{a}+y \bar{b}+z \bar{c}=p(\bar{b} \times \bar{c})+q(\bar{c} \times \bar{a})+r(\bar{a} \times \bar{b})\). If \((\bar{a}, \bar{b})=(\bar{b}, \bar{c})=(\bar{c}, \bar{a})=\frac{\pi}{3},(\bar{a}, \bar{b} \times \bar{c})=\frac{\pi}{6}\) and \(\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}\) form a right-handed system, then \(\frac{x+y+z}{p+q+r}=\)

  1. A \(\frac{3}{4}\)
  2. B \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)
  3. C \(2 \sqrt{2}\)
  4. D \(\frac{3}{8}\)
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(D) \(\frac{3}{8}\)

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\(S = [\bar{a} \ \bar{b} \ \bar{c}] = |\bar{a}||\bar{b} \times \bar{c}| \cos((\bar{a}, \bar{b} \times \bar{c})) = 1 \cdot (|\bar{b}||\bar{c}|\sin((\bar{b}, \bar{c}))) \cdot \cos((\bar{a}, \bar{b} \times \bar{c}))\)…