Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Polar Coordinates; Vectors - 9.7 The Cross Product - 9.7 Assess Your Understanding - Page 631: 15

Answer

$v\times w=5i+5j+5k.$ $w\times v=-5i-5j-5k.$ $w\times w=v\times v=0.$

Work Step by Step

We know that for a matrix \[ \left[\begin{array}{rrr} a & b & c \\ d &e & f \\ g &h & i \\ \end{array} \right] \] the determinant, $D=a(ei-fh)-b(di-fg)+c(dh-eg).$ We know that if we have two vectors $v=ai+bj+ck$ and $w=di+ej+fk$, then $v\times w$ can be obtained by the determinant of: \[ \left[\begin{array}{rrr} i & j & k \\ a &b & c \\ d &e & f \\ \end{array} \right] \] Hence here $D=v\times w=i((-3)\cdot(-1)-(-2)\cdot1)-j(2\cdot(-1)-1\cdot3)+k(2\cdot(-2)-(-3)\cdot3)=5i+5j+5k.$ We know that $w\times v=-v\times w=-(5i+5j+5k)=-5i-5j-5k.$ We also know that $w\times w=v\times v=0.$
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