Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Section 9.5 - The Cross Product - 9.5 Exercises - Page 666: 36

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{3}$

Work Step by Step

The cross product is defined as: $u \times v=\begin{vmatrix}i&j&k\\m_1&m_2&m_3\\n_1&n_2&n_3\end{vmatrix}=\lt m_2n_3-m_3n_2, m_3n_1-m_1n_3, m_1n_2-m_2b_1 \gt$ Let us consider $\overrightarrow {a}=-j+k$, $\overrightarrow {b}=i+k$ and $\overrightarrow {c}=i-j$ Now, $[\overrightarrow {a} \overrightarrow {b} \overrightarrow {c}]=\begin{vmatrix}0&-1&1\\1&0&1\\1&-1&0 \end{vmatrix}=-2$ Then, we have the volume $V$ can be found as: $V=\dfrac{1}{6}|[\overrightarrow {a} \overrightarrow {b} \overrightarrow {c}]|=\dfrac{|-2|}{6}$ or, $V=\dfrac{2}{6}=\dfrac{1}{3}$
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