What is the cross product of <-3,4, 8 > and <2,-4, 1>?

1 Answer
Mar 12, 2016

vec A X vecB=36hat i+19 hat j+4 hat k

Explanation:

vec A=A_x* hat i+A_j* hat j+A_k* hat k
vec B=B_x* hat i+B_j* hat j+B_k*hat k
"cross product of two vector is determined by:"
vec A X vec B=hat i(A_y*B_z-A_z*B_y)- hat j(A_x*B_z-A_z*B_x)+hat k(A_x*B_y-A_y*B_x)
vec A X vec B=hat i(4+32)-hat j(-3-16)+hat k(12-8)
vec A X vecB=36hat i+19 hat j+4 hat k