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Cross Product (Vector)

Key Concepts — Cross Product (Vector)

01

|A × B| = |A||B| sinθ — a vector.

02

Direction: right-hand rule, perpendicular to both A and B.

03

|A × B| equals the area of the parallelogram formed by A and B.

04

A × B = −(B × A). A × A = 0.

05

Torque τ = r × F; angular momentum L = r × p — both are cross products.