dot product
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Like vector addition and subtraction, the dot product has several algebraic properties.
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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 most common application of the dot product of two vectors is in the calculation of work.
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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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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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