dot product
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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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The dot product allows us to do just that.
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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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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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