Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 13 - Vector Geometry - 13.4 The Cross Product - Exercises - Page 677: 13

Answer

$-\textbf{j}+\textbf{i}$

Work Step by Step

Using the distributive law, we write $(\textbf{i}+\textbf{j})\times \textbf{k}=(\textbf{i}\times\textbf{k})+(\textbf{j}\times\textbf{k})$ $=-\textbf{j}+\textbf{i}$ (This is because the cross product of any two of the standard base vectors $\textbf{i},\textbf{j}$ and $\textbf{k}$ is equal to the third vector; the product is negative when taken in the opposite order.)
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