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Question 13 — JEE Main 28 Jan 2026 (S I)

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    shahkb4
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    For three unit vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ satisfying $|\vec{a}-\vec{b}|^{2}+|\vec{b}-\vec{c}|^{2}+|\vec{c}-\vec{a}|^{2}=9$ and $|2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\mathrm{k} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\mathrm{k} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=3$ the positive value of k is [JEE MAIN 28 Jan 2026 S I]
    (1) 3
    (2) 6
    (3) 4
    (4) 5

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    shahkb4
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    \[ \because|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=1 \]

    As given $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^{2}=9$

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow|\vec{a}|^{2}+|\vec{b}|^{2}-2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+|\vec{b}|^{2}+|\vec{c}|^{2}-2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+|\vec{c}|^{2}+|\vec{a}|^{2}-2 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}=9 \\ & \Rightarrow 1+1-2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+1+1-2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+1+1-2 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}=9 \\ & \Rightarrow \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}=-\frac{3}{2} \\ & \because|\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}|^{2}=|\vec{a}|^{2}+|\vec{b}|^{2}+|\vec{c}|^{2}+2(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}) \\ & =1+1+1+2\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)=0 \\ & \vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=0 \\ & |2 \vec{a}+k(\vec{b}+\vec{c})|=3 \\ & \Rightarrow|2 \vec{a}-\vec{a} k|=3 \Rightarrow|\vec{a} \|(2-k)|=3 \\ & \Rightarrow 2-k \mid=3 \Rightarrow 2-k= \pm 3 \end{aligned} \]

    we get $\mathrm{k}=-1 ; \mathrm{k}=5$ Answer(4)

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