Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.5 Applications of Inner Product Spaces - 5.5 Exercises - Page 282: 41

Answer

$6\sqrt5$

Work Step by Step

We know that $ai+bj+ck=(a,b,c).$ We know from earlier that if two adjacent vectors forming the sides of a parallelogram are $u$ and $v$, then the area can be computed by $A=|u\times v|$. We know that for a matrix $ \left[\begin{array}{rrr} a & b & c \\ d &e & f \\ g &h & i \\ \end{array} \right] $ the determinant, $D=a(ei-fh)-b(di-fg)+c(dh-eg).$ $u×v$ is the determinant of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} i& j & k \\ 3& 2&-1\\ 1&2 &3 \\ \end{bmatrix} $ Thus $u×v=(8,-10,4).$ Thus $A=|u\times v|=\sqrt{8^2+(-10)^2+4^2}=\sqrt{180}=6\sqrt5$
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