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 - Review Exercises - Page 286: 69

Answer

$1$

Work Step by Step

We know that $ai+bj+ck=(a,b,c).$ We know that for a matrix $ \left[\begin{array}{rrr} a & b & c \\ d &e & f \\ g &h & i \\ \end{array} \right] $ the determinant, $D=a(ei-fh)-b(di-fg)+c(dh-eg).$ $v×w$ is the determinant of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} i& j & k \\ 0& 0&1\\ 0&1 &0 \\ \end{bmatrix} $ Thus $v×w=(-1,0,0).$ Thus $u\cdot (v\times w)=(1,0,0)(-1,0,0)=-1+0+0=-1$ Thus Area$=|u\cdot (v\times w)|=|-1|=1$
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