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Homework Statement
I have a triangle ABC formed by vectors a = ( 2, 10, 25 ) and b = ( 5, 4, -2 ) attached at a point P.
And I have to calculate the area of the triangle ABC.
Homework Equations
I'm pretty certain that I need to find the area of the parellogram and then half it.
So I need to find the cross product, by calculating the determinant.
The Attempt at a Solution
Calculating the determinant I got
-120 i + 129 j - 42 k
so does this mean i square those and take the square root of them to find the area of the parellogram and then half it...
= 181.121
=> area of triangle = 90.56