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Solution
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Solution provided by AtoZmath.com
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Area of triangle determined by two vectors calculator
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1. `(1,2,3),(4,5,6)`
2. `(5,-1,1),(-2,3,4)`
3. `(5,6,1),(0,2,3)`
4. `(0,2,3),(3,4,5)`
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Example (with steps)1. Find Area of triangle determined by two vectors `A=(1,2,3)`, `B=(4,5,6)`
Solution: Here `vec A=(1,2,3),vec B=(4,5,6)`
Area `=1/2|vec A xx vec B|`
1. Calculate cross product `vec A xx vec B`
`=|[i,j,k],[A_1,A_2,A_3],[B_1,B_2,B_3]|`
`=|[i,j,k],[1,2,3],[4,5,6]|`
`=i(2xx6-3xx5)-j(1xx6-3xx4)+k(1xx5-2xx4)`
`=i(12-15)-j(6-12)+k(5-8)`
`=-3i+6j-3k`
`=(-3,6,-3)`
2. Calculate magnitude `|vec vec A xx vec B|`
`=sqrt((-3)^2 + 6^2 + (-3)^2)`
`=sqrt(9 + 36 + 9)`
`=sqrt(54)`
`=3sqrt(6)`
3. Calculate triangle area Area `=1/2 * 3sqrt(6)=(3sqrt(6))/2`
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