Find a dot b given that ...(please see description)? Thanks

Suppose vec"OA"=aOA=a, vec"OB"=bOB=b, |a|=3|a|=3, |b|=sqrt7|b|=7 and atimesb= i +2j-3ka×b=i+2j3k
Find a*bab

1 Answer
Jun 26, 2017

+-7.±7.

Explanation:

We know that,

|veca*vecb|^2+|vecaxxvecb|^2=|veca|^2|vecb|^2.ab2+a×b2=a2b2.

:. |veca*vecb|^2+{sqrt(1^1+2^2+(-3)^2)}^=3^2(sqrt7)^2.

:. |veca*vecb|^2+14=63.

:. |veca*vecb|^2=49.

rArr veca*vecb=+-7.