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: 39

Answer

The volume of the parallelepiped: $V = 4$

Work Step by Step

Using Eq. (9) of Theorem 3, The volume of the parallelepiped spanned by ${\bf{u}} = \left( {1,0,0} \right)$, ${\bf{v}} = \left( {0,2,0} \right)$, and ${\bf{w}} = \left( {1,1,2} \right)$ is $V = \left| {{\bf{u}}\cdot\left( {{\bf{v}} \times {\bf{w}}} \right)} \right| = \left| {\det \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\bf{u}}\\ {\bf{v}}\\ {\bf{w}} \end{array}} \right)} \right|$ $V = \left| {\det \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&0&0\\ 0&2&0\\ 1&1&2 \end{array}} \right)} \right|$ $V = \left| {1\left( {2\cdot2 - 1\cdot0} \right) - 0\left( {0\cdot2 - 1\cdot0} \right) + 0\left( {0\cdot1 - 1\cdot2} \right)} \right|$ $V = \left| 4 \right| = 4$
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