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OpenStudy (mtalhahassan2):

If (-1,3,5)X (0,a,1)= (-2,1,-1), determine a.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can u write the question again looks confusing the way you wrote it???

Parth (parthkohli):

cross product of two vectors?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1st of all a should be caps because its a variable ...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ps i should have put "a" in quotes my bad

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Shiz dude I GTG I don't know if your here but send me a message and ill figure it out because I just knowticed is 2:30 and i still got to go over Spanish

OpenStudy (mtalhahassan2):

@ParthKohli yes its a cross product of two vectors

Parth (parthkohli):

well one way to think about this is that since the cross-product is orthogonal to (0, a, 1) you can equate their dot product to zero

OpenStudy (mtalhahassan2):

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