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GATE 2026 AG – Question 49

Engineering Mathematics · Vector Calculus · 2 marks · Numerical answer

Adjacent parallelogram sides are $A=2\hat i+3\hat j-\hat k$ and $B=5\hat i-4\hat k$. Find the area magnitude, to two decimals.

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Correct answer: 19.30 to 19.50

Explanation

Area is the cross-product magnitude. Compute $A\times B=(-12,3,-15)$,then $$|A\times B|=\sqrt{144+9+225}=\sqrt{378}=19.4422.$$ Thus the area is **19.44 square units**;using the dot product would not give parallelogram area.

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