JEE Advanced · 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 · Paper 2 · Vector Algebra

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Let and be three given vectors. If is a vector such that and , then the value of is

Answer: 9

Solution

From , we have , so is parallel to .

Thus for some scalar .

Using :



Computing:



So:


Thus:


Finally:

JEE Advanced · 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 · Paper 2 · Integer answer

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