Book edition 2nd

Author(s) James Stewart

Pages 830 pages

ISBN 9781133112280

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To find: The volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors a, b and c.

The volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors a, b and \(c\) is 1 cubic units.

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Step 1: Concept of parallelepiped with the help of Formula’s

Consider two three-dimensional vectors such as,

\(\begin{array}{l}a = \left\langle {{a_1},{a_2},{a_3}} \right\rangle \\{\rm{b}} = \left\langle {{b_1},{b_2},{b_3}} \right\rangle \end{array}\)

Write the expression for cross product between \(a\) and \({\rm{b}}\) vectors.

\(a \times b = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\rm{i}}&{\rm{j}}&{\rm{k}}\\{{a_1}}&{{a_2}}&{{a_3}}\\{{b_1}}&{{b_2}}&{{b_3}}\end{array}} \right|(1)\)

Write the expression for dot product between \(a\) and \({\rm{b}}\) vectors.

\(a \cdot b = {a_1}{b_1} + {a_2}{b_2} + {a_3}{b_3}(2)\)

Write the expression to calculate the parallelepiped's volume.

\(V = |{\rm{a}} \cdot ({\rm{b}} \times {\rm{c}})|(3)\)

Step 2: Volume of parallelepiped by calculating through Formula.

\(a = {\rm{i}} + {\rm{j}},{\rm{b}} = {\rm{j}} + {\rm{k and }}c = i + j + k\)

Modify equation (\(1\)).

\(b \times c = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\rm{i}}&{\rm{j}}&{\rm{k}}\\{{b_1}}&{{b_2}}&{{b_3}}\\{{c_1}}&{{c_2}}&{{c_3}}\end{array}} \right|\)

We can substitute \(0\) for \({b_1},1\) for \({b_2},1\) for \({b_3},1\) for \({c_1},1\) for \({c_2}\) and \(1\) for \({c_3}\),

\(\begin{array}{l}b \times c = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\rm{i}}&{\rm{j}}&{\rm{k}}\\0&1&1\\1&1&1\end{array}} \right|\\b \times c = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}1&1\\1&1\end{array}} \right|{\rm{i}} - \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}0&1\\1&1\end{array}} \right|{\rm{j}} + \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}0&1\\1&1\end{array}} \right|{\rm{k}}\\b \times c = (1 - 1){\rm{i}} - (0 - 1){\rm{j}} + (0 - 1){\rm{k}}\\b \times c = 0{\rm{i}} + 1{\rm{j}} - 1{\rm{k}}\end{array}\)

Modify equation \(\left( 2 \right)\)

\(a \cdot (b \times c) = {a_1}\left( {{b_1} \times {c_1}} \right) + {a_2}\left( {{b_2} \times {c_2}} \right) + {a_3}\left( {{b_3} \times {c_3}} \right)\)

We are substituting \(1\) for \({a_1},1\) for \({a_2},0\) for \({a_3},0\) for \(\left( {{b_1} \times {c_1}} \right),1\) for \(\left( {{b_2} \times {c_2}} \right)\) and \( - 1\) for \(\left( {{b_3} \times {c_3}} \right)\),

\(\begin{array}{l}a \cdot (b \times c) = 1(0) + 1(1) + 0( - 1)\\a \cdot (b \times c) = 0 + 1 + 0\\a \cdot (b \times c) = 1\end{array}\)

We are substituting \(1\) for \(a \cdot (b \times c)\) in equation \((3)\)

\(\begin{array}{l}V = |1|\\V = 1\end{array}\)

Thus, the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) is \(1\) cubic units.

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