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That is, the set of all
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In other words, the dot and the cross can be switched as long as the order of the vectors remains the same. Hint: There are two ways to do this, by the coordinate description of the dot and cross product and by geometric reasoning.
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where θ is the angle included between the two vectors. Explain why
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It turns out this is the centripetal acceleration. Note how it involves cross products.