Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 9 - Review - Exercises - Page 674: 44

Answer

14

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Establish the three vectors for the parallelepiped: $\vec u=\vec {OP}=\langle 0,2,2 \rangle$, $\vec v=\vec {OQ}=\langle 3,1,-1 \rangle$, and $\vec w=\vec {OR }=\langle 1,4,1 \rangle$. Step 2. Calculate the cross product $\vec u \times \vec w=\langle (2-8),(2-0),(0-2) \rangle=\langle -6,2,-2 \rangle$ (you can use other cross products, but this one is easier to calculate.) Step 3. The volume of the parallelepiped can be found as $|\vec v\cdot (\vec u \times \vec w)|=|-18+2+2|=14$
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