PHYSICS, CHEM HELP NEEDED

[godfather93]

can someone tell me what scalar and vector product is??

[nid404]

U mean product of a scalar and vector??
Product should be a vector

[godfather93]

no no not that. Haven't u studied the product of 2 vector quantities?

[nid404]

no no not that. Haven't u studied the product of 2 vector quantities?

Are you talking about vector quantities literally or are u referring to vectors in terms of i,j,k??
Could you post an example sort of..

[godfather93]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_product
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_product

the above two links show the 2 ways of multiplying vectors (and ofcourse vector quantities)!!

[nid404]

I thought u were asking about physical quantities...like velocity,displacement :|

[godfather93]

yes physical quantities are involved as well.

Ex. work done = vector F . vector S = F.S.cos x where x is the angle between the 2 vectors F(force) and S(displacement).

[nid404]

So what is your question...
You knw how to multiply vectors don't ya?

[godfather93]

Actually my question is do u know why vectors can be multiplied in 2 ways to get 2 different answers? it's a hard q, i know.

[nid404]

Actually my question is do u know why vectors can be multiplied in 2 ways to get 2 different answers? it's a hard q, i know.

woopsy...nope...but ill try n find out

[godfather93]

By the way, have u studied about vector multiplication (vector x vector)?

[astarmathsandphysics]

Will do a page on vector and scalar products.

[astarmathsandphysics]

http://www.astarmathsandphysics.com/a_level_maths_notes/a_level_maths_notes_fp4_menu.html

[tarifhossain]

Thank you very much for the papers.