can someone give me the difference of dot product to cross product of vector???

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zehanz · Answer

The dot product is just a number.
The cross product is another vector.

pooja195 · Answer

Dot Product in R3 

If 

     v = ai + bj + ck and w = di + ej + fk

then 
          v . w = ad + be + cf

zehanz · Answer

Cross product: (bf-ce)i + (cd-af)j + (ae-bd)k

anonymous · Answer

thanks for the answer. then can a cross product be a form of matrix and the answer could have been in a form of i + j + k...???  just like that hehehe

amistre64 · Answer

cross product does have a certain determinant of a matrix quaility to it yes

anonymous · Answer

okey then, why does the dot product also called as the scalar product. does it always have a scalar.

amistre64 · Answer

the dot product is like matrix multiplication; it doesnt form a new vector .... but a scalar

zehanz · Answer

Because it is just a number. If that is the case it is called a scalar (only has magnitude).

If a variable has a magnitude AND a direction, it is called a vector.

anonymous · Answer

ohhhhhh.... k. tnx :] hehehe