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Cross product

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Imagine two arrows pointing ways.

Cross product vector.svg
Cross product vector.svg
They can make a new arrow. This new arrow points up. It stands straight from the first two. It helps us find space. It is a cool trick. Can you find two arrows?
Right hand rule cross product.svg
Right hand rule cross product.svg

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File:Cross product vector.svg
Cross product vector.svg
File:Right hand rule cross product.svg
Right hand rule cross product.svg
File:Cross product.gif
Cross product.gif
File:Sarrus rule.svg
Sarrus rule.svg
File:3D Vector.svg
3D Vector.svg
File:Sarrus_rule_cross_product_ab.svg
Sarrus_rule_cross_product_ab.svg
File:Cross product parallelogram.svg
Cross product parallelogram.svg
File:Parallelepiped volume.svg
Parallelepiped volume.svg
File:Cross product scalar multiplication.svg
Cross product scalar multiplication.svg
File:Cross product distributivity.svg
Cross product distributivity.svg
File:Cross product triple.svg
Cross product triple.svg
File:cross_product_mnemonic.svg
cross_product_mnemonic.svg

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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 14.3 | Vital Level 4