Given below are two statements. STATEMENT - 1: a b =(( i a ) b ) i +(( j a ) b ) j +(( k…

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Given below are two statements.

STATEMENT - 1:  \(\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}=((\hat{\hat{i}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}) \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}) \hat{i}+((\hat{\hat{j}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}) \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}) \hat{j}+((\hat{\mathbf{k}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}) \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}) \hat{\mathbf{k}}\)

STATEMENT - 2: \(\vec{c}=(\hat{i} \cdot \vec{c}) \hat{i}+(\hat{j} \cdot \vec{c}) \hat{j}+(\hat{k} \cdot \vec{c}) \hat{k}\).

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Both the statements are true and Statement - 2 is the correct explanation for Statement - 1
  2. Both the statements are true but Statement - 2 is not the correct explanation for Statement - 1
  3. Statement - 1 is true and Statement - 2 is false
  4. Statement - 1 is false and Statement - 2 is true

Answer

(A) Both the statements are true and Statement - 2 is the correct explanation for Statement - 1

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