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Q3 If a unit vector $\vec a$ makes angles $\frac{\pi }{3}$ with $\hat i , \frac{\pi }{4}$ with $\hat j$ and an acute angle $\theta \: \:$ with $\hat k$ then find $\theta \: \:$ and hence, the components of $\vec a$ .

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angle between $\vec a$ and $\hat i$ :

$\alpha =\frac{\pi}{3}$

angle between $\vec a$ and $\hat j$

$\beta =\frac{\pi}{4}$

angle with $\vec a$ and $\hat k$ :

$\gamma =\theta$

Now, As we know,

$cos^2\alpha+cos^2\beta+cos^2\gamma=1$

$cos^2\frac{\pi}{3}+cos^2\frac{\pi }{4}+cos^2\theta=1$

$\left ( \frac{1}{2} \right )^2+\left ( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right )^2+cos^2\theta=1$

$cos^2\theta=\frac{1}{4}$

$cos\theta=\frac{1}{2}$

$\theta=\frac{\pi}{3}$

Now components of $\vec a$ are:

$\left ( cos\frac{\pi}{3},cos\frac{\pi}{2},cos\frac{\pi}{3} \right )=\left ( \frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{2} \right )$ .

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