If $u, v$ and $w$ are three non-coplanar vectors,then $(u + v - w) \cdot [(u - v) \times (v - w)]$ equals

Let $a, b$ and $c$ be three non-coplanar vectors and let $p, q$ and $r$ be the vectors defined by $p=\frac{b \times c}{[a b c]}, q=\frac{c \times a}{[a b c]}, r=\frac{a \times b}{[a b c]}$. Then, $(a+b) \cdot p+(b+c) \cdot q+(c+a) \cdot r$ is equal to

If $x, y$ and $z$ are non-zero real numbers and $\vec{a}=x \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}, \vec{b}=y \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ are such that $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=z \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$, then $[\vec{a} \vec{b} \vec{c}]$ equals to

Let $v = 2i + j - k$ and $w = i + 3k$. If $u$ is any unit vector, then the maximum value of the scalar triple product $[u v w]$ is

If $\vec{a}, \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ are three non-coplanar vectors and $\vec{p}, \vec{q}$, and $\vec{r}$ are defined by $\vec{p}=\frac{\vec{b} \times \vec{c}}{[\vec{a} \vec{b} \vec{c}]}, \vec{q}=\frac{\vec{c} \times \vec{a}}{[\vec{a} \vec{b} \vec{c}]}, \vec{r}=\frac{\vec{a} \times \vec{b}}{[\vec{a} \vec{b} \vec{c}]}$, then find the value of $(\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \cdot \vec{p} + (\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \cdot \vec{q} + (\vec{c}+\vec{a}) \cdot \vec{r}$.

The number of distinct real values of $\lambda$,for which the vectors $-\lambda^2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$,$\hat{i}-\lambda^2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\hat{i}+\hat{j}-\lambda^2 \hat{k}$ are coplanar,is