Another kind of vector multiplication is the vector product, also known as the cross product, which results in a vector perpendicular to both of the factors. The vector product has the distributive pr...Another kind of vector multiplication is the vector product, also known as the cross product, which results in a vector perpendicular to both of the factors. The vector product has the distributive property and the anticommutative property, and is obtained by multiplying the magnitudes of the two vectors by the sine of the angle between them. The direction of the vector product can be determined by the corkscrew right-hand rule.
Another kind of vector multiplication is the vector product, also known as the cross product, which results in a vector perpendicular to both of the factors. The vector product has the distributive pr...Another kind of vector multiplication is the vector product, also known as the cross product, which results in a vector perpendicular to both of the factors. The vector product has the distributive property and the anticommutative property, and is obtained by multiplying the magnitudes of the two vectors by the sine of the angle between them. The direction of the vector product can be determined by the corkscrew right-hand rule.