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    The document defines and provides properties and formulas for calculating the cross product and triple scalar product of vectors. It also provides examples of using these products to: 1) Find a vector perpendicular to a plane defined by three points. 2) Calculate the area of a triangle defined by three vertices. 3) Calculate the volume of a parallelepiped defined by its vertices.

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    12.

    4 THE CROSS PRODUCT / Vector


    Product
    Illustration of cross product
    Definition: Cross Product
    u x v = ( u u sin ) n
    where n is a unit vector.
    Parallel Vectors
    Nonzero vectors u and v are parallel if
    and only if u x v = 0
    Properties of the Cross Product

    If u, v and w are any vectors and r, s are


    scalars, then
    1. (r u)x (s v) = (rs)(u x v)
    2. u x (v + w) = (u x v) + (u x w)
    3. (v + w) x u = (v x u) + (w x u)
    4. v x u = - (u x v)
    5. 0 x u = 0

    Area of a Parallelogram - u x v
    u x v = u v sin n = u vsin

    Determinant Formula for u x v


    Calculating Cross Product Using
    Determinant

    If u = u1i + u2j + u3k and v = v1i + v2j + v3k,


    then
    i j k
    u1 u2 u3
    u x v = v v v3
    1 2

    Example:1
    Find u X v and v X u if u = 7i + j k and v
    = -2i + 4j + k

    Equation of the plane:

    Example:2

    Find the following:


    (a) a vector perpendicular to the plane of P (1,2,3),
    Q (-5,4,1) and R ( 3,-1,2).
    (b) a unit vector perpendicular to the plane of P
    (1,2,3), Q (- 5,4,1) and R ( 3,-1,2).

    Example:3
    Find the area of the triangle with vertices P
    (1,2,3), Q (-3,4,5) and R ( 6,-1,2).
    Triple Scalar or Box Product
    (u v) w u v w cos

    Absolute magnitude
    Value

    Calculating the Triple Scalar Product


    u1 u2 u3
    (u v) w v1 v2 v3
    w1 w2 w3
    Example:5

    Find the volume of an oblique box (parallelepiped)


    determined by the vertices
    P (-3,1,6) , Q (-4,3,1) , R (5,-2,3) and S (3,2,1).

    (Optional)
    Describe about Torque Vector

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