Engineering Mechanics | Geometric interpretation of cross product

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Geometric interpretation of cross product : The magnitude of the cross-product clip_image001, which is equal to clip_image002, is the area of a parallelogram formed by vectors clip_image003. This is shown in figure.

 

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Last Updated: Friday, November 6, 2009

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