Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 3 - Vectors - Problems - Page 59: 50i

Answer

$|\vec{d_{1}}|\,|(\vec{d_{2}}/4)|$

Work Step by Step

Recall: $|\vec{A}\times\vec{B}|=|\vec{A}||\vec{B}|\sin\theta$ $\implies |\vec{d_{1}}\times(\vec{d_{2}}/4)|=|\vec{d_{1}}|\,|(\vec{d_{2}}/4)|\sin 90^{\circ}=|\vec{d_{1}}|\,|(\vec{d_{2}}/4)|$
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