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Cross product tests for parallelism and Dot product tests for perpendicularity.

Cross and Dot products are used in applications involving angles between vectors.

For example given two vectors A and B;

The parallel product is AxB= |AB|sin(AB).

If AXB=|AB|sin(AB)=0 then Angle (AB) is an even multiple of 90 degrees. This is considered a parallel condition. Cross product tests for parallelism.

The perpendicular product is A.B= -|AB|cos(AB)

If A.B = -|AB|cos(AB) = 0 then Angle (AB) is an odd multiple of 90 degrees. This is considered a perpendicular condition. Dot product tests for perpendicular.

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