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Match List-I with List-II

Let θ\theta be the angle between the vectors a\vec{a} and b\vec{b}.

List-IList-II
(A) ab\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}(I) abb2b\dfrac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{\vert \vec{b}\vert ^2} \vec{b}
(B) a×b\vec{a} \times \vec{b}(II) ab=0\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = 0
(C) Projection vector of a\vec{a} on b\vec{b} (0\ne{0})(III) absinθn^\vert \vec{a}\vert \vert \vec{b}\vert \sin \theta \, \hat{n} where n^\hat{n} is a unit vector perpendicular to both a\vec{a} and b\vec{b}
(D) a\vec{a} and b\vec{b} are orthogonal vectors(IV) abcosθ\vert \vec{a}\vert \vert \vec{b}\vert \cos \theta

Solution

Correct Option: 3

The dot product of two vectors is defined as:

ab=abcosθ\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = |\vec{a}||\vec{b}|\cos\theta

This gives a scalar quantity.

(A)(IV)\text{(A)} \rightarrow \text{(IV)}


The cross product of two vectors is defined as:

a×b=absinθ  n^\vec{a} \times \vec{b} = |\vec{a}||\vec{b}|\sin\theta\;\hat{n}

where n^\hat{n} is a unit vector perpendicular to both a\vec{a} and b\vec{b}.

This gives a vector quantity.

(B)(III)\text{(B)} \rightarrow \text{(III)}


The projection vector of a\vec{a} onto b\vec{b} is:

Scalar projection =abb= \dfrac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{|\vec{b}|}

Multiplying by the unit vector bb\dfrac{\vec{b}}{|\vec{b}|} to get the vector projection:

abb×bb\dfrac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{|\vec{b}|} \times \dfrac{\vec{b}}{|\vec{b}|}

=abb2  b= \dfrac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{|\vec{b}|^2}\;\vec{b}

(C)(I)\text{(C)} \rightarrow \text{(I)}


Orthogonal vectors are perpendicular, so θ=90°\theta = 90°:

ab=abcos90°\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = |\vec{a}||\vec{b}|\cos 90°

=ab×0= |\vec{a}||\vec{b}| \times 0

=0= 0

Two vectors are orthogonal if and only if ab=0\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = 0.

(D)(II)\text{(D)} \rightarrow \text{(II)}


(A)(IV),(B)(III),(C)(I),(D)(II)\text{(A)} \rightarrow \text{(IV)},\quad \text{(B)} \rightarrow \text{(III)},\quad \text{(C)} \rightarrow \text{(I)},\quad \text{(D)} \rightarrow \text{(II)}

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