If a unit vector
makes angles
and an acute angle θ with
then find θ and hence, the components of
.
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Given that it is a unit vector,
So,
……(1)
Let
be the angle
with
respectively.
Then,
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(given)
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(given)
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Putting value of x,y, z in equation (1)
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(Squaring both sides)

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As
should be acute, ![]()
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Components of
are the coefficients of
, which are,
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