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Find the cross product a × b and verify that it is orthogonal to both a and b.

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Find the cross product a × b and verify that it is orthogonal to both a and b.

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asked Feb 17, 2015 in CALCULUS by anonymous

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Step 1:

The vectors are .

Find cross product of the vectors.

.

Step 2:

If two vectors are orthogonal then : .

Find the dot products.

Therefore, is orthogonal to both and .

Solution:

.

And is orthogonal to both and .

answered Feb 20, 2015 by david Expert

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