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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The dot product essentially tells us how much of the force vector is applied in the direction of the motion vector.
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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 dot product can also help us measure the angle formed by a pair of vectors and the position of a vector relative to the coordinate axes.
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Like vector addition and subtraction, the dot product has several algebraic properties.
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