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Grade 11Mechanics

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11 Years agoGrade 11
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11 Years ago
(a) When the force acts in the positive x direction, the vector force can be written in unit vector notation as:
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Substitute the values in the expression of cross product given by equation (1),
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(b) When the force acts in the negative z direction, the vector force can be written in unit vector notation as:

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