230 m2p2 cross prod demo
Cross product demonstration
The dots at the end of and may be manipulated. Drag them as you see fit to show how the cross product, , changes. (Tapping on a dot directly changes the directions available to move each dot.)
As you manipulate and by moving their respective dots around, please observe the following:
(1) (and ) is orthogonal to both and
(2) points in the opposite direction as
(3) The magnitude of , denoted , can be represented by the area of the pink parallelogram.