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Question 9 — JEE Main 23 Jan 2026 S Ii

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    shahkb4
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    Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be three vectors such that $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})$. If $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=1,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}}|=4,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=2$, and the angle between $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is $60^{\circ}$, then $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} . \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|$ is
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    shahkb4
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    \[ \begin{aligned} & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=0 \end{aligned} \]

    $\vec{a} \& \vec{b}-2 \vec{c}$ are parallel

    \[ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \]

    Square $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})^{2}=(\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})^{2}$

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow|\vec{b}|^{2}+4|\vec{c}|^{2}-4 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=\lambda^{2}|\vec{a}|^{2} \\ & \Rightarrow 16+4(4)-4|\vec{b} \| \vec{c}| \cos 60^{\circ}=\lambda^{2}(1) \\ & \Rightarrow 32-4(4)(2)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\lambda^{2} \Rightarrow \lambda^{2}=16 \Rightarrow \lambda= \pm 4 \\ & \because \vec{b}-2 \vec{c}=\lambda \vec{a} \operatorname{dot} \text { with } \vec{c} \\ & \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}-2 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{c}=\lambda \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} \\ & \Rightarrow|\vec{b} \| \vec{c}| \cos 60^{\circ}-2|\vec{c}|^{2}=\lambda(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}) \\ & \Rightarrow 4(2)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)-2(4)=\lambda \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} \Rightarrow \lambda(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c})=-4 \\ & \Rightarrow \lambda \| \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}|=4 \Rightarrow| \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} \mid=1 \operatorname{Answer}(4) \end{aligned} \]
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