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If `(bar"a" + 2bar"b" - bar"c") * [(bar"a" - bar"b") xx (bar"a" - bar"b" - bar"c")] = "k"[bar"a" bar"b" bar"c"]`, then the value of k is
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3
Explanation:
`(bar"a" + 2bar"b" - bar"c") * [(bar"a" - bar"b") xx (bar"a" - bar"b" - bar"c")]`
`= (bar"a" + 2bar"b" - bar"c") * (bar"a" xx bar"a" - bar"a" xx bar"b" - bar"a" xx bar"c" - bar"b" xx bar"a" + bar"b"xxbar"b" + bar"b" xx bar"c")`
`= (bar"a" + 2bar"b" - bar"c") * {bar"b" xx bar"a" - bar"a" xx bar"c" - bar"b" xx bar"a" + bar"b" xx bar"c"}`
`= (bar"a" + 2bar"b" - bar"c") * {- bar"a" xx bar"c" + bar"b" xx bar"c"}`
`= [bar"a" bar"b" bar"c"] - 2 [bar"b" bar"a" bar"c"]`
`= [bar"a" bar"b" bar"c"] + 2 [bar"a" bar"b" bar"c"]`
= 3 `[bar"a" bar"b" bar"c"]`
∴ k = 3
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