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Consider a parallelogram constructed on the vectors A=5p+2q and B=p-3q. If p=2, q=5, the angle between p and q is π3 and the length of the smallest diagonal of the parallelogram is k units, then the value of k2 is equal to
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The correct answer is: 109
Diagonals of the parallelogram are A+B, A-B
=6p-q,4p+5q
A+B=36p2+q2-12pq
=144+25-12×2×5×cosπ3
=109
A-B=16p2+25q2+40pq
=16×4+25×25+40×2×5×cosπ3
=889
So, length of the smaller diagonal is 109 units

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