The Vector Cross Product

 

The vector or cross product of two vectorsandwrittenis also a vector. It is at right angles to bothandand if the angle betweenandisthenThe vectorcan be calculated using one of the following methods:

This can be hard to remember and many people prefer to find the determinant of a matrix, for which the vectors written in ijk form.

Example: Find the vector product ofand

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