Hi everyone, I was studying coursenotes lecture 3: à

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01sc-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-2010/mathematics-the-language-of-science/cartesian-coordinates-and-vectors/MIT8_01SC_coursenotes03.pdf

And I think there's an error at page 22.
Talking about the cross product of vectors A and B, it is stated: "the term Bsin(theta) is the projection of the vector B in the direction perpendicular to the vector B"

It should be "the direction perpendicular to A" or am I wrong?

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Hi everyone, I was studying coursenotes lecture 3: à

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01sc-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-2010/mathematics-the-language-of-science/cartesian-coordinates-and-vectors/MIT8_01SC_coursenotes03.pdf

And I think there's an error at page 22.
Talking about the cross product of vectors A and B, it is stated: "the  term  Bsin(theta)  is  the  projection  of  the  vector  B  in  the direction perpendicular to the vector  B"

It should be "the direction perpendicular to A" or am I wrong?

anonymous · Answer

You may consider it again.....and you're wrong..