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Question 7 — JEE Main 23 Jan 2026 (S I)

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    shahkb4
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    Let $\vec{a}=-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}, \vec{c}=\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{d}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}$. Then $(\vec{a}-\vec{b}) \cdot \vec{d}$ is equal to
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    #11603
    shahkb4
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    \[ \begin{aligned} & \vec{d}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{a} \\ & \vec{d}=-\vec{a} \times(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})=-[(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}) \vec{a}-(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{a}) \vec{b}] \\ & \vec{d}=-[(-1-1-6) \vec{a}-(1+1+4) \vec{b}] \\ & \vec{d}=8 \vec{a}+6 \vec{b} \end{aligned} \]

    Now $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \cdot(8 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+6 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}})$

    \[ \begin{aligned} & =8 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{a}+6 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-8 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{a}-6 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{b}=8|\vec{a}|^{2}-2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-6|\vec{b}|^{2} \\ & =8(1+1+4)-2(-1-1-6)-6(1+1+9) \\ & =48+16-66=-2 \text { Answer }(3) \end{aligned} \]
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