JEE Main 2025 — Vector Algebra Question with Solution
JEE Main 2025 (4 Apr Shift 2)
Question
Let the three sides of a triangle be given by the vectors and . Let be the centroid of the triangle . Then is equal to ________
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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 164
Correct answer
164
Step-by-step explanation

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$\begin{aligned}
& (\overrightarrow{\mathrm{G}})-=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathrm{A}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{B}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}}}{3}=\frac{\overrightarrow{0}+(2,-1,1)+(-1,3,5)}{3} \\ & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{G}}=\frac{1}{3}(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+6 \hat{\mathrm{k}})
\end{aligned}\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AG}}=\frac{1}{3}(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+6 \hat{\mathrm{k}})\Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AG}}|^2=\frac{1}{9} \times 41\overrightarrow{\mathrm{BG}}=\left(\frac{1}{3}-2\right) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\left(\frac{2}{3}+1\right) \hat{\mathrm{j}}+(2-1) \hat{\mathrm{k}}\Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{BG}}|^2=\frac{59}{9}\begin{aligned}
& \overrightarrow{\mathrm{CG}}=\left(\frac{1}{3}+1\right) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\left(\frac{2}{3}-3\right) \hat{\mathrm{j}}+(2-5) \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ & \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{CG}}|^2=\frac{146}{9}
\end{aligned}\begin{aligned}
& 6\left[|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AG}}|^2+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{BG}}|^2+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{CG}}|^2\right]=6 \times\left[\frac{41}{9}+\frac{59}{9}+\frac{146}{9}\right] \\ & =6 \times \frac{246}{9}=164
\end{aligned}$
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