Question: By making simple sketches of the appropriate vector products, show that (a) A B can be interpreted as the product of the magnitude of

By making simple sketches of the appropriate vector products, show that

(a) A • B can be interpreted as the product of the magnitude of A times the component of B along A, or the magnitude of B times the component of A along B;

(b) | A x B | can be interpreted as the product of the magnitude of A times the component of B perpendicular to A , or the magnitude of B times the component of A perpendicular to B.

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