If a+b,b+c,c+a are three non coplanar vectors then prove that axb,b+c,c+a are also non coplanar.
kanu , 7 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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1 AnswersVikas TU
Last Activity: 7 Years ago
lets give a name to these new vectors:
u⃗ =a⃗ +b⃗
v⃗ =a⃗ +c⃗
w⃗ =b⃗ +c⃗
then it is obvious that:
2a⃗ =u⃗ +v⃗ −w⃗
2b⃗ =u⃗ +w⃗ −v⃗
2a⃗ =v⃗ +w⃗ −u⃗
as you see we can get our three non-coplanar vectors back, so the new ones are non-coplanar.
i could also have said that det of
1 1 0
1 0 1 = -2 and is not equal to zero.
0 1 1
1 0 1 = -2 and is not equal to zero.
0 1 1
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