It depends on the type of product used. A dot or scalar product of two vectors will result in a scalar. A cross or vector product of two vectors will result in a vector.
Because there are two different ways of computing the product of two vectors, one of which yields a scalar quantity while the other yields a vector quantity.This isn't a "sometimes" thing: the dot product of two vectors is always scalar, while the cross product of two vectors is always a vector.
No.
That's the way it is defined.
Scalar product = (magnitude of 'A') times (magnitude of 'B') times (cosine of the angle between 'A' and 'B')
It depends on the type of product used. A dot or scalar product of two vectors will result in a scalar. A cross or vector product of two vectors will result in a vector.
Because there are two different ways of computing the product of two vectors, one of which yields a scalar quantity while the other yields a vector quantity.This isn't a "sometimes" thing: the dot product of two vectors is always scalar, while the cross product of two vectors is always a vector.
Yes, a scalar product can be negative if the angle between the two vectors is obtuse (greater than 90 degrees). The scalar product is the dot product of two vectors and is equal to the product of their magnitudes and the cosine of the angle between them. A negative scalar product indicates that the vectors are pointing in opposite directions.
Yes, a scalar product can be negative if the angle between the two vectors is greater than 90 degrees. In this case, the dot product of the two vectors will be negative.
The scalar product (dot product) of two vectors results in a scalar quantity, representing the magnitude of the projection of one vector onto the other. The vector product (cross product) of two vectors results in a vector quantity that is perpendicular to the plane formed by the two input vectors, with a magnitude equal to the area of the parallelogram they span.
Scalar product (or dot product) is the product of the magnitudes of two vectors and the cosine of the angle between them. It results in a scalar quantity. Vector product (or cross product) is the product of the magnitudes of two vectors and the sine of the angle between them, which results in a vector perpendicular to the plane containing the two original vectors.
No.
That's the way it is defined.
Scalar product = (magnitude of 'A') times (magnitude of 'B') times (cosine of the angle between 'A' and 'B')
Yes, the scalar product of two vectors can be negative if the angle between them is obtuse (greater than 90 degrees). In this case, the result of the scalar product will be negative.
For two vectors A and B, the scalar product is A.B= -ABcos(AB), the minus sign indicates the vectors are in the same direction when angle (AB)=0; the vector product is ABsin(AB). Vectors have the rule: i^2= j^2=k^2 = ijk= -1.
To multiply two vectors in 3D, you can use the dot product or the cross product. The dot product results in a scalar quantity, while the cross product produces a new vector that is perpendicular to the original two vectors.