dot product

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When two vectors are combined using the dot product, the result is a scalar.

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The dot product allows us to do just that.

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The calculation involves forming vectors along the directions of the lines and using both the cross product and the dot product.

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As you might expect, to calculate the dot product of four-dimensional vectors, we simply add the products of the components as before, but the sum has four terms instead of three.

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The most common application of the dot product of two vectors is in the calculation of work.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016