Section 11.4 The Cross Product Calculus III September 22, 2009 Berkley High School
2 Operations on Vectors (So Far) Scalar Multiplication Vector Addition Vector Subtraction Dot Product
3 New Operation: Cross Product
4 Definition of Determinant
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6 Definition of Cross Product
7 Example
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9 Properties: Direction & Magnitude
10 Properties: Direction & Magnitude
11 Properties: Area of Parallelogram
12 Properties
13 Assignment Section 11.4, 1-35, odd x25 But wait, there’s more…
14 Volume of Parallelepiped
15 Volume of Parallelepiped
16 Volume of Parallelepiped
17 Volume of Parallelepiped
18 Volume of Parallelepiped
19 Volume of Parallelepiped
20 Volume of Parallelepiped Triple Scalar Product
21 Example
22 Example
23 Are two vectors coplanar? Any two non-zero vectors define a plane. Are three vectors coplanar? The vectors are coplanar iff the parallelepiped formed by the three vectors has Volume=0
24 Example
25 Are three points coplanar? Any three points define a plane. Are four points coplanar? From the four points, three vectors can be formed with a common tail. If the vectors are coplanar, then the points are coplanar.
26 Assignment 11.4, odd