What is the cross product of (2i -3j + 4k) and (- 5 i + 4 j - 5 k)?

1 Answer
Dec 11, 2015

I found: -i-10j-7k

Explanation:

Calling the two vectors vecu and vecv we can use the definition of Cross Product to get:
vecuxxvecv=|(i,j,k),(u_x,u_y,u_z),(v_x,v_y,v_z)|=|(i,j,k),(2,-3,4),(-5,4,-5)|= evaluating the Determinant:

vecuxxvecv==-i-10j-7k