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State whether the expression is meaningful. If not, explain why? If so, state whether it is a vector or a scalar: abcd(a¯.b¯)×(c¯.d¯) - Mathematics and Statistics

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State whether the expression is meaningful. If not, explain why? If so, state whether it is a vector or a scalar:

`(bar"a".bar"b") xx (bar"c".bar"d")`

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Solution

This is meaningless because `bar"a".bar"b", bar"c".bar"d"` are scalars and cross product of two scalars is not defined.

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Chapter 5: Vectors - Miscellaneous exercise 5 [Page 192]

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