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Please Solve RD Sharma Class 12 Chapter 23 Scalar or Dot Product Exercise Very Short Answer Question 41 Maths Textbook Solution.

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Answer:  \frac{2\pi}{3}

Given:  |\vec{a}|=|\vec{b}|=1 \text { and }|\vec{a}+\vec{b}|=1

Hint: Apply the identity  (a+b)^{2}

Solution:  |\vec{a}+\vec{b}|^{2}=|\vec{a}|^{2}+|\vec{b}|^{2}+2 \cdot \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}

\left[\because(a+b)^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}+2 a b\right]

\Rightarrow(1)^{2}=(1)^{2}+(1)^{2}+2 \cdot \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}

[\because|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|=1,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=1 \&|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|=1]

\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow 1=2+2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} \\ & \end{aligned}

\Rightarrow-1=2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} \\

\Rightarrow \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=\frac{-1}{2}

Now, we know   \operatorname{Cos} \theta=\frac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{|\vec{a}||\vec{b}|}

\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow|\vec{a}||\vec{b}| \operatorname{Cos} \theta=\frac{-1}{2}\qquad\left[\because \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=\frac{-1}{2}\right] \\ & \end{aligned}

\Rightarrow \operatorname{Cos} \theta=\frac{-1}{2}\qquad[\because|\vec{a}|=|\vec{b}|=1] \\

\Rightarrow \theta=\frac{2 \pi}{3} \qquad\left[\because \operatorname{Cos} \frac{2 \pi}{3}=\frac{-1}{2}\right]

 

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