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  • 3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1068

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    line $\frac{x-6}{3}=\frac{y-7}{2}=\frac{z-7}{-2}$
    $\mathrm{PQ} \xrightarrow{\text { drs }} 5-1, \mathrm{~b}-2, \mathrm{c}-\mathrm{a}$
    or $4, \mathrm{~b}-2, \mathrm{c}-\mathrm{a}$
    line $\xrightarrow{\text { drs }} 3,2,-2$
    $P Q \perp$ line $\Rightarrow 4(3)+2(b-2)-2(c-a)=0$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{b}-\mathrm{c}+\mathrm{a}+4=0$

    $\mathrm{M}=$ Mid Point of PQ i.e. $\mathrm{P}(1,2, \mathrm{a}) \mathrm{Q}(5, \mathrm{~b}, \mathrm{c})$,
    $\mathrm{M}\left(3, \frac{\mathrm{~b}+2}{2}, \frac{\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}}{2}\right)$ lies on given line
    $\frac{3-6}{3}=\frac{\frac{\mathrm{b}+2}{2}-7}{2}=\frac{\frac{\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}}{2}-7}{-2}$
    $\Rightarrow-1=\frac{\mathrm{b}-12}{4}=\frac{\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}-14}{-4}$
    $\mathrm{b}=8 ; \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}-14=4 \Rightarrow \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}=18$
    from (1): $8-c+a+4=0$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{c}=\mathrm{a}+12$
    From (2), $\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{a}+12=18 \Rightarrow \mathrm{a}=3$
    $\mathrm{c}=3+12=15$
    $\mathrm{a}^{2}+\mathrm{b}^{2}+\mathrm{c}^{2}=9+64+225=298$ Answer $(3)$

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1066

    Solution

    line $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{-3}=\frac{z}{1}=\lambda$
    $\mathrm{P}(2 \lambda+1,-3 \lambda-1, \lambda) \cdot \mathrm{A}(1,-1,0)$
    $\mathrm{AP}=\sqrt{4 \lambda^{2}+9 \lambda^{2}+\lambda^{2}}=4 \sqrt{14}$
    $\Rightarrow 14 \lambda^{2}=16 \times 14 \Rightarrow \lambda= \pm 4$
    $\lambda=4 \mathrm{P}(9,-13,4) ; \mathrm{OP}=\sqrt{81+169+16}=\sqrt{266}$ greatest
    $\lambda=-4 \mathrm{P}(-7,11,-4) ; \mathrm{OP}=\sqrt{49+121+16}=\sqrt{186}$ least
    $\mathrm{P}(-7,11,-4) \equiv(\alpha, \beta, \gamma) ; \alpha=-7, \beta=11, \gamma=-4$
    Shortest distance bw skew lines $=\frac{\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\mathrm{x}_{2}-\mathrm{x}_{1} & \mathrm{y}_{2}-\mathrm{y}_{1} & \mathrm{z}_{2}-\mathrm{z}_{1} \\ \mathrm{a}_{1} & \mathrm{~b}_{1} & \mathrm{c}_{1} \\ \mathrm{a}_{2} & \mathrm{~b}_{2} & \mathrm{c}_{2}\end{array}\right|}{\left\|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{\mathrm{i}} & \hat{\mathrm{j}} & \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ \mathrm{a}_{1} & \mathrm{~b}_{1} & \mathrm{c}_{1} \\ \mathrm{a}_{2} & \mathrm{~b}_{2} & \mathrm{c}_{2}\end{array}\right\|}$

    \[ =\frac{\left|\begin{array}{ccc} -2 & 1 & -7 \\ 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right|}{\left\|\begin{array}{ccc} \hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right\|}=\frac{|-2(-1)+5-7(-3)|}{|-\hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}|}=\frac{28}{\sqrt{35}}=4 \sqrt{\frac{7}{5}} \text { Answer }(2) \]
    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1064

    Solution

    line $L_{1} \frac{x-2}{-3}=\frac{y-6}{2}=\frac{z-7}{4}=\lambda_{1}$
    line $\mathrm{L}_{2} \frac{\mathrm{x}-4}{2}=\frac{\mathrm{y}-3}{1}=\frac{\mathrm{z}-5}{3}=\lambda_{2}$
    Point $\mathrm{C}\left(-3 \lambda_{1}+2,2 \lambda_{1}+6,4 \lambda_{1}+7\right)$ on line $\mathrm{L}_{1}$
    Point $\mathrm{D}\left(2 \lambda_{2}+4, \lambda_{2}+3,3 \lambda_{2}+5\right)$ on line $\mathrm{L}_{2}$

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \mathrm{CD} \xrightarrow{\mathrm{drs}} 2 \lambda_{2}+3 \lambda_{1}+2, \lambda_{2}-2 \lambda_{1}-3,3 \lambda_{2}-4 \lambda_{1}-2 \\ & \quad \text { or }-3,5,16 \\ & \frac{2 \lambda_{2}+3 \lambda_{1}+2}{-3}=\frac{\lambda_{2}-2 \lambda_{1}-3}{5}=\frac{3 \lambda_{2}-4 \lambda_{1}-2}{16} \end{aligned} \]

    From first \& middle
    $10 \lambda_{2}+15 \lambda_{1}+10=-3 \lambda_{2}+6 \lambda_{1}+9$
    $\Rightarrow 13 \lambda_{2}+9 \lambda_{1}+1=0$
    From middle \& third
    $16 \lambda_{2}-32 \lambda_{1}-48=15 \lambda_{2}-20 \lambda_{1}-10$
    $\Rightarrow \lambda_{2}=12 \lambda_{1}+38$
    $13\left(12 \lambda_{1}+38\right)+9 \lambda_{1}+1=0$
    $\Rightarrow 165 \lambda_{1}+495=0 \Rightarrow \lambda_{1}=-3$
    $\Rightarrow \lambda_{2}=-36+38 \Rightarrow \lambda_{2}=2$ Ans.
    $\lambda_{1}=-3, \lambda_{2}=2$
    we get $\mathrm{C}(11,0,-5) \mathrm{D}(8,5,11)$
    $\mathrm{CD}^{2}=9+25+256=290$ Answer(2)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1062

    Solution

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \alpha=\beta=\gamma \\ & \cos ^{2} \alpha+\cos ^{2} \beta+\cos ^{2} \gamma=1 \\ & \Rightarrow 3 \cos ^{2} \alpha=1 \Rightarrow \cos \alpha=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \end{aligned} \]

    direction ratios $\rightarrow 1,1,1$
    line $\frac{x+3}{1}=\frac{y-5}{1}=\frac{z-2}{1}=\lambda$
    $\mathrm{B}(\lambda-3, \lambda+5, \lambda+2)$

    $\mathrm{AB} \xrightarrow{\text { drs }} \lambda-3+2, \lambda+5-\mathrm{r}, \lambda+2-1$ or $\lambda-1, \lambda+5-\mathrm{r}, \lambda+1$
    line $\xrightarrow{\text { drs }} 1,1,1$
    line $\perp \mathrm{AB} \Rightarrow(\lambda-1) 1+(\lambda+5-\mathrm{r}) 1+(\lambda+1) 1=0$
    $\Rightarrow \lambda=\frac{\mathrm{r}-5}{3}$
    $\mathrm{B}(\lambda-3, \lambda+5, \lambda+2) \equiv\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}-14}{3}, \frac{\mathrm{r}+10}{3}, \frac{\mathrm{r}+1}{3}\right)$
    A(-2,r,1)
    $\mathrm{AB}^{2}=\frac{14}{3} \Rightarrow\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}-14}{3}+2\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}+10}{3}-\mathrm{r}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}+1}{3}-1\right)^{2}=\frac{14}{3}$
    $\Rightarrow\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}-8}{3}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{10-2 \mathrm{r}}{3}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{\mathrm{r}-2}{3}\right)^{2}=\frac{14}{3}$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{r}^{2}+64-16 \mathrm{r}+100+4 \mathrm{r}^{2}-40 \mathrm{r}+\mathrm{r}^{2}-4 \mathrm{r}+4=14 \times 3=42$
    $\Rightarrow 6 \mathrm{r}^{2}-60 \mathrm{r}+12 \mathrm{r}=0 \Rightarrow \mathrm{r}^{2}-10 \mathrm{r}+21=0$
    $\Rightarrow(\mathrm{r}-7)(\mathrm{r}-3)=0 \Rightarrow \mathrm{r}=7,3$ Sum $=10$ Answer(4)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1060

    Solution

    let point B on given line
    $\mathrm{B}(2 \lambda-1,3 \lambda+3,1-\lambda)$
    $\mathrm{AB} \xrightarrow{\mathrm{drs}} 2 \lambda-1-5,3 \lambda+3-4,1-\lambda-2$
    or $2 \lambda-6,3 \lambda-1,-\lambda-1$

    line $\xrightarrow{\text { drs }} 2,3,-1$
    $\mathrm{AB} \perp$ line
    $2(2 \lambda-6)+3(3 \lambda-1)-1(-\lambda-1)=0$
    $\Rightarrow 4 \lambda-12+9 \lambda-3+\lambda+1=0 \Rightarrow 14 \lambda=14 \Rightarrow \lambda=1$
    $\mathrm{B}(1,6,0) \equiv(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$
    $\alpha=1, \beta=6, \gamma=0$
    required length of Projection

    \[ =\frac{|(\alpha \hat{i}+\beta \hat{j}+\gamma \hat{k}) \cdot(6 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k})|}{\sqrt{36+4+9}}=\left|\frac{6 \alpha+2 \beta+3 \gamma}{7}\right|=\frac{6+12+0}{7}=\frac{18}{7} \text { Answer }(3) \]
    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1058

    Solution

    As P is equidistant from lines AB and AC . It means P lies on angle bisector $\angle \mathrm{BAC}$

    \[ \cos 2 \theta=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AB}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{AC}}}{|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AB}} \| \overrightarrow{\mathrm{AC}}|}=\frac{(3 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}-\hat{k}) \cdot(\hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+3 \hat{k})}{\sqrt{9+1+1} \sqrt{1+1+9}} \]
    \[ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \cos 2 \theta=\frac{3-1-3}{11}=-\frac{1}{11} \\ & \Rightarrow 1-2 \sin ^{2} \theta=-\frac{1}{11} \Rightarrow \sin \theta=\sqrt{\frac{6}{11}} \\ & \text { area of } \begin{aligned} \Delta \mathrm{ABP} & =\frac{1}{2}(\mathrm{AB})(\mathrm{AP}) \sin \theta \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{9+1+1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{5}}{2}\right) \sqrt{\frac{6}{11}} \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} \sqrt{6}=\frac{\sqrt{30}}{4} \text { Answer }(3) \end{aligned} \end{aligned} \]

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1056

    Solution

    Point S which is equidistant from lines PQ and PR , lies on angle bisector of $\angle \mathrm{QPR}$
    $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PR}}|=\sqrt{\mathrm{a}^{2}+\mathrm{b}^{2}+16}=9$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{a}^{2}+\mathrm{b}^{2}+16=81$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{a}^{2}+\mathrm{b}^{2}=65$
    $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PQ}}|=\sqrt{4+1+4}=3$
    S divides QR in $1: 3$ ratio


    $\mathrm{S}\left(\frac{\mathrm{a}-6}{4}, \frac{\mathrm{~b}-3}{4}, \frac{1}{2}\right)$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PS}}=\frac{(\mathrm{a}-6) \hat{\mathrm{i}}}{4}+\frac{(\mathrm{b}-3) \hat{\mathrm{j}}}{4}+\frac{\hat{\mathrm{k}}}{2}$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PS}}=\frac{\hat{\imath}-7 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{k}}{4}=\frac{(\mathrm{a}-6) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+(\mathrm{b}-3) \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{k}}{4}$
    We get $a=7, b=-4$
    $3 a-4 b=3(7)-4(-4)=21+16=37$ Answer(37)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1054

    Solution

    $\because|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=1$
    As given $|\vec{a}-\vec{b}|^{2}+|\vec{b}-\vec{c}|^{2}+|\vec{c}-\vec{a}|^{2}=9$
    $\Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^{2}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^{2}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^{2}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=9$
    $\Rightarrow 1+1-2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+1+1-2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+1+1-2 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}=9$
    $\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=-\frac{3}{2}$
    $\because|\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}|^{2}=|\vec{a}|^{2}+|\vec{b}|^{2}+|\vec{c}|^{2}+2(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a})$
    $=1+1+1+2\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)=0$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=0$
    $|2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\mathrm{k}(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})|=3$
    $\Rightarrow|2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \mathrm{k}|=3 \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \|(2-\mathrm{k})|=3$
    $\Rightarrow 2-\mathrm{k} \mid=3 \Rightarrow 2-\mathrm{k}= \pm 3$
    we get $\mathrm{k}=-1 ; \mathrm{k}=5$ Answer(4)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1052

    Solution

    $2 \vec{a} \times \vec{c}+3 \vec{b} \times \vec{c}=0 \Rightarrow(2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=0$
    $\Rightarrow \vec{c} \| 2 \vec{a}+\overrightarrow{3 b} \Rightarrow \vec{c}=\lambda(2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b})$
    $\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda(2(2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-5 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+5 \hat{\mathrm{k}})+3(\hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}))$
    $\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda(7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-13 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+19 \hat{\mathrm{k}})$
    $(\vec{a}-\vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}=(\hat{i}-4 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}) \cdot \lambda(7 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+19 \hat{k})=-97$
    $\Rightarrow \lambda(7+52+38)=-97 \Rightarrow \lambda=-1$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=-7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+13 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-19 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \hat{\mathrm{k}}=-7 \hat{\mathrm{i}} \times \hat{\mathrm{k}}+13 \hat{\mathrm{j}} \times \hat{\mathrm{k}}-19 \hat{\mathrm{k}} \times \hat{\mathrm{k}}$
    $\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \hat{\mathrm{k}}=7 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+13 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-0$
    $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \hat{\mathrm{k}}|^{2}=49+169=218$ Answer(3)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1050

    Solution

    Any vector $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}$ in plane of $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \& \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}}$

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \vec{v}=x \vec{a}+y \vec{b}=x(2 \hat{\imath}-\hat{j}-\hat{k})+y(\hat{\imath}+3 \hat{j}-\hat{k}) \\ & \Rightarrow \vec{v}=(2 x+y) \hat{\imath}+(3 y-x) \hat{j}-(x+y) \hat{k} \end{aligned} \]

    Projection length $\vec{v}$ on $\vec{c}=\frac{|\dot{v} \cdot \vec{c}|}{|\vec{c}|}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{|2(2 x+y)+1(3 y-x)-7(x+y)|}{\sqrt{4+1+9}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}$
    $\Rightarrow|4 x+2 y+3 y-x-3 x-3 y|=1$
    $\Rightarrow|2 \mathrm{y}|=1 \Rightarrow \mathrm{y}= \pm \frac{1}{2}$
    $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{V}}|=\sqrt{(2 \mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})^{2}+(3 \mathrm{y}-\mathrm{x})^{2}+(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})^{2}}$
    $=\sqrt{4 x^{2}+y^{2}+4 x y+9 y^{2}+x^{2}-6 x y+x^{2}+y^{2}+2 x y}$
    $=\sqrt{6 x^{2}+11 y^{2}}=\sqrt{6 x^{2}+\frac{11}{4}}=\frac{\sqrt{24 x^{2}+11}}{2}$
    (1) $\frac{\sqrt{24 x^{2}+11}}{2}=\frac{\sqrt{21}}{2} \Rightarrow 24 x^{2}+11=21$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{x}^{2}=\frac{10}{24} \Rightarrow \mathrm{x}= \pm \sqrt{\frac{5}{12}}$
    (2) $\frac{\sqrt{24 \mathrm{x}^{2}+11}}{2}=13 \Rightarrow 24 \mathrm{x}^{2}+11=169 \times 4$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{x} \approx \pm 5.26$
    (3) $\frac{\sqrt{24 x^{2}+11}}{2}=\frac{\sqrt{35}}{2} \Rightarrow x=1$
    (4) $\frac{\sqrt{24 \mathrm{x}^{2}+11}}{2}=7 \Rightarrow 24 \mathrm{x}^{2}+11=4 \times 49$
    $\Rightarrow \mathrm{x} \approx \pm 2.27$ Answer(1,2,3,4)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1048

    Solution

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \hat{\mathrm{i}} & \hat{\mathrm{j}} & \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ 2 & 1 & -2 \\ 1 & 1 & 0 \end{array}\right|=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ & |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=\sqrt{4+4+1}=3 \\ & |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \| \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}| \sin \frac{\pi}{4}=3 \\ & \Rightarrow 3|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}| \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}=3 \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}|=\sqrt{2} \\ & \operatorname{given}|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=\sqrt{11} \Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})^{2}=11 \\ & \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^{2}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=11 \\ & \Rightarrow 2+(4+1+4)-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=11 \\ & \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}=0 \text { Answer }(3) \end{aligned} \]
    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1046

    Solution

    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=0$
    $\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=0$
    $\vec{a} \& \vec{b}-2 \vec{c}$ are parallel
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}$

    Square $(\vec{b}-2 \vec{c})^{2}=(\lambda \vec{a})^{2}$
    $\Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^{2}+4|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^{2}-4 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda^{2}|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^{2}$
    $\Rightarrow 16+4(4)-4|\vec{b} \| \vec{c}| \cos 60^{\circ}=\lambda^{2}(1)$
    $\Rightarrow 32-4(4)(2)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\lambda^{2} \Rightarrow \lambda^{2}=16 \Rightarrow \lambda= \pm 4$
    $\because \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}$ dot with $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$
    $\Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \| \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| \cos 60^{\circ}-2|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^{2}=\lambda(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})$
    $\Rightarrow 4(2)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)-2(4)=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} . \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \Rightarrow \lambda(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=-4$
    $\Rightarrow|\lambda||\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=4 \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=1$ Answer(

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1044

    Solution

    $\vec{v}=\vec{a} \times \vec{b}, \quad \vec{v} \cdot \vec{c}=(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}=11$
    $\Rightarrow[\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}]=11$
    $\Rightarrow\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & -2 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 & -1 \\ \lambda & 1 & 1\end{array}\right|=1(1+1)+2(2+\lambda)+3(2-\lambda)=11$
    $\Rightarrow-\lambda+12=11 \Rightarrow \lambda=1$
    Required projection’s length of $\vec{b}$ on $\vec{c}=\left|\frac{\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}}{|\vec{c}|}\right|$
    $p=\left|\frac{(2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}) \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})}{\sqrt{1+1+1}}\right|=\frac{2+1-1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$
    $\mathrm{p}^{2}=\frac{4}{3} \Rightarrow 9 \mathrm{p}^{2}=4 \times 3=12$ Answer(4)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1042

    Solution

    $\vec{d}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{a}$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})=-[(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}) \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}]$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=-[(-1-1-6) \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-(1+1+4) \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}]$
    $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=8 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+6 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}}$
    Now $(\vec{a}-\vec{b}) \cdot \vec{d}=(\vec{a}-\vec{b}) \cdot(8 \vec{a}+6 \vec{b})$
    $=8 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{a}+6 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-8 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{a}-6 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{b}=8|\vec{a}|^{2}-2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-6|\vec{b}|^{2}$
    $=8(1+1+4)-2(-1-1-6)-6(1+1+9)$
    $=48+16-66=-2$ Answer(3)

    3 June, 2026 at 8:15 pm #1040

    Solution

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \vec{a}^{\wedge} \vec{b} \in\left(\frac{\pi}{2}, \pi\right) ; \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}<0 \Rightarrow\left(-\lambda^{2} \sqrt{2}-4 \sqrt{2}+4 \sqrt{2} \lambda\right)<0 \\ & \Rightarrow-\sqrt{2}\left(\lambda^{2}+4-4 \lambda\right)<0 \Rightarrow(\lambda-2)^{2}>0 \Rightarrow \lambda \in R-\{2\} \quad \lambda \neq 2 \\ & \theta=\vec{a}^{\wedge} \hat{k} ; \cos \theta=\frac{\vec{a} \cdot \hat{k}}{|\vec{a}||\hat{k}|}=\frac{\lambda}{\sqrt{\lambda^{2}+3}} \\ & \frac{\pi}{6}<\theta<\frac{\pi}{2} \Rightarrow \cos \frac{\pi}{6}>\cos \theta>\cos \frac{\pi}{2} \end{aligned} \]

    $\Rightarrow \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}>\frac{\lambda}{\sqrt{\lambda^{2}+3}}>0 ; \lambda>0$
    $\Rightarrow \sqrt{3} \sqrt{\lambda^{2}+3}>2 \lambda$
    $\Rightarrow 3 \lambda^{2}+9>4 \lambda^{2}=\lambda^{2}-9<0$
    $\Rightarrow(\lambda-3)(\lambda+3)<0$
    $\Rightarrow \lambda \in(-3,3)$
    $(1) \cap(2) \cap(3)$
    $\lambda \in(0,3)-\{2\}=(\alpha, \beta)-\{\gamma\}$
    $\alpha=0 ; \beta=3 ; \gamma=2 \Rightarrow \alpha+\beta+\gamma=5$ Answer(5)

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