Cross Product of Two Vectors Formula (3D Example)

How to find the cross product of two vectors using a formula in 3D

In this example problem we use a visual aid to help calculate the cross product of two vectors in 3 dimensions. (Note that the cross product is sometimes referred to as the vector product).

We start of the example by first rewriting our two vectors in a more compact determinant form .

The first row of the determinant contains the unit vectors i, j and k, while the second and third rows contain the coefficients of vector 1 and 2 respectively.

Music by Adrian von Ziegler

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