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  1. Example-1
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2. Example-2





1. Find Volume of Parallelepiped determined by vectors
`A=(5,6,1)`, `B=(0,2,3)`, `C=(3,4,5)`


Solution:
Here `vec A=(5,6,1),vec B=(0,2,3),vec C=(3,4,5)`

Volume `=|vec A * (vec B xx vec C)|`

1. Calculate scalar triple product
`vec A * (vec B xx vec C)`

 = 
 `5`  `6`  `1` 
 `0`  `2`  `3` 
 `3`  `4`  `5` 


 =
 `5` `xx` 
 `2`  `3` 
 `4`  `5` 
 `-6` `xx` 
 `0`  `3` 
 `3`  `5` 
 `+1` `xx` 
 `0`  `2` 
 `3`  `4` 


`=5 xx (2 xx 5 - 3 xx 4) -6 xx (0 xx 5 - 3 xx 3) +1 xx (0 xx 4 - 2 xx 3)`

`=5 xx (10 -12) -6 xx (0 -9) +1 xx (0 -6)`

`=5 xx (-2) -6 xx (-9) +1 xx (-6)`

`= -10 +54 -6`

`=38`


2. Calculate parallelepiped volume
Volume `=38`
2. Find Volume of Parallelepiped determined by vectors
`A=(0,2,3)`, `B=(5,6,1)`, `C=(1,5,6)`


Solution:
Here `vec A=(0,2,3),vec B=(5,6,1),vec C=(1,5,6)`

Volume `=|vec A * (vec B xx vec C)|`

1. Calculate scalar triple product
`vec A * (vec B xx vec C)`

 = 
 `0`  `2`  `3` 
 `5`  `6`  `1` 
 `1`  `5`  `6` 


 =
 `0` `xx` 
 `6`  `1` 
 `5`  `6` 
 `-2` `xx` 
 `5`  `1` 
 `1`  `6` 
 `+3` `xx` 
 `5`  `6` 
 `1`  `5` 


`=0 xx (6 xx 6 - 1 xx 5) -2 xx (5 xx 6 - 1 xx 1) +3 xx (5 xx 5 - 6 xx 1)`

`=0 xx (36 -5) -2 xx (30 -1) +3 xx (25 -6)`

`=0 xx (31) -2 xx (29) +3 xx (19)`

`= 0 -58 +57`

`=-1`


2. Calculate parallelepiped volume
Volume `=1`




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