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Mar 14, 2018

Given

#veca=4vecp+vecq and vecb =vecp-vecq#

#absvecp=7 and absvecq=2#

#theta=<(vecp,vecq)=pi/4#

So

#absveca^2=16absvecp^2+absvecq^2+2xx4xxabsvecpabsvecqcostheta#

#=>absveca^2=16xx7^2+2^2+2xx4xx7xx2cos(pi/4)~~867.2#

Similarly

#absvecb^2=absvecp^2+absvecq^2-2absvecpabsvecqcostheta#

#=>absvecb^2=7^2+2^2-2xx7xx2cos(pi/4)~~33.2#

Let angle between #vec a and vec b# be #alpha#

Now #veca*vecb=4vecp*vecp-vecq*vecq-3vecp*vecq#

#=>veca*vecb=4absvecp^2-absvecq^2-3absvecp*absvecqcostheta#

#=>veca*vecb=4xx7^2-2^2-3xx7xx2xxcos(pi/4)~~162.3#

#cosalpha=(veca*vecb)/(absvecaabsvecb)=162.3/sqrt(867.2xx33.2)~~0.96#

So the length of the longer diagonal of a parallelogram built up on #veca and vecb#

#=sqrt(absveca^2+absvecb^2+2absvecaabsvecbcosalpha#

#=sqrt(867.2+33.2+2sqrt(867.2xx33.2)xx0.96)~~35#

So the length of the shorter diagonal of a parallelogram built up on #veca and vecb#

#=sqrt(absveca^2+absvecb^2+2absvecaabsvecbcos(pi-alpha)#

#=sqrt(867.2+33.2-2sqrt(867.2xx33.2)xx0.96)~~24#