Kinematics Question 258

Question: If $ \overset{\to }{\mathop{A}}\times \overset{\to }{\mathop{B}}=\overset{\to }{\mathop{B}}\times \overset{\to }{\mathop{A}} $ then the angle between A and B is [AIEEE 2004]

Options:

A) $\pi / 2 $

B) $\pi / 3 $

C) $\pi $

D) $\pi / 4$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

We know that $ \overrightarrow{A}\times \overrightarrow{B}=-(\overrightarrow{B}\times \overrightarrow{A}) $

because the angle between these two is always 90°.

But if the angle between $ \overrightarrow{A} $

and $ \overrightarrow{B} $ is 0 or p .

Then $ \overrightarrow{A}\times \overrightarrow{B}=\overrightarrow{B}\times \overrightarrow{A}=0 $ .