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created: 08/17/00; revised 07/28/03, 10/20/05, 07/25/09

CHAPTER 12 — Vector Cross Product

The cross product is another operation that takes two vectors as operands. The most important use of the cross product in computer graphics is to find a vector perpendicular to a plane.

Chapter Topics:

QUESTION 1:

(Review: ) How many vectors are needed to define a plane through a point?