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What can be said about two vectors whose cross product is the zero vector?
10 years ago

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pat
they are parallel
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pat
since the cross product involves the cosine function. Cos(180) = 0 :)
10 years ago
pat
*** cos(90) = 0 my mistake
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bobpursley
Good lord.

xross product is a sine function, if it is zero, the angle is zero or 180, so they are in the same or opposite directions.
10 years ago

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