Q.

If the volume of the parallelepiped  whose coterminous edges   a¯=i^+j^+nk^, b¯= 2i^+4j^−nk^  and c¯=i^+nj^+3k^  (n≥0), is 158 cubic units then

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a

a¯.c¯=17

b

b¯.c¯=10

c

n=9

d

n=7

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Volume=a¯  b¯  c¯=11n24−n1n3=158⇒3n2-5n+6=158⇒3n2-5n+6=158 or  3n2-5n+6=-1583n2-5n-152=0 or 3n2-5n+164=0n=8 or n=-19/3.        second equation has no real roots as ∆<0n=8 only since n≥0   so we get b¯⋅c¯=2+n=10
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