Mathematics Vectors 3 Marks
Appeared in: 2022 (3 sets)
(a) If $\vec{a}$, $\vec{b}$, $\vec{c}$ and $\vec{d}$ are four non-zero vectors such that $\vec{a} \times \vec{b} = \vec{c} \times \vec{d}$ and $\vec{a} \times \vec{c} = 4\vec{b} \times \vec{d}$, then show that $$\vec{a} - 2\vec{d}$$ is parallel to $$2\vec{b} - \vec{c}$$ where $\vec{a} \neq 2\vec{d}$, $\vec{c} \neq 2\vec{b}$. OR (b) The two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are represented by $2\hat{i} - 4\hat{j} - 5\hat{k}$ and $2\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 3\hat{k}$. Find the unit vectors parallel to its diagonals. Using the diagonal vectors, find the area of the parallelogram also.