JEE Advanced 2018 · Paper 1, Mathematics question 12

Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two unit vectors such that $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = 0$. For some $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$, let $\vec{c} = x\vec{a} + y\vec{b} + (\vec{a} \times \vec{b})$. If $|\vec{c}| = 2$ and the vector $\vec{c}$ is inclined at the same angle $\alpha$ to both $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$, then the value of $8\cos^2\alpha$ is _____ .