dot product

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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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The first type of vector multiplication is called the dot product, based on the notation we use for it, and it is defined as follows:

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In this section, we develop an operation called the dot product, which allows us to calculate work in the case when the force vector and the motion vector have different directions.

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

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For this reason, the dot product is often called the scalar product.

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