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Cross product of vectors or vector product of vectors
Question

 If a,b are vectors perpendicular to each other and |a|=2,|b|=3,c×a=b, then the least value of |ca|is

Moderate
Solution

  c×a=b |c×a|=|b| |c|asinθ=3 |c|=32sinθ|ca|2=|c|2+|a|22ca =|c|2+42|c||a|cosθ

 =94sin2θ+4232sinθ2cosθ=4+94cosec2θ6cotθ=94+32cotθ22= |ca|294|ca|32

 

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