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Grade 11Mechanics

What is the area of parallellogram if its diagonals are represented by vectors

p=5i-4j+3k

q=3i+2j-k

Profile image of deeksha sharma
15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of mohit sengar
15 Years ago

take the cross product of the two vectors and divide it by 2 then u get the area of the parallelogram

if the answer is negative then take it as positive because we take the modulus of cross product , and also the area can never be negative

Profile image of deeksha sharma
15 Years ago

I tried that way. But it didnot come.

note that it is the diagonals, not sides