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Define a x b and prove that |a x b| = (a.b) tan θ, where θ is the angle between vectors a and b.

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Cross Product: The vector or cross product of two non-zero vectors  \(\vec a\) and  \(\vec b\), denoted by \(\vec a\times\vec b,\) is defined as 

where θ is the angle between  \(\vec a\) and  \(\vec b\), 0 ≤ θ ≤ π and  \(\hat n\) is a unit vector perpendicular to both  \(\vec a\) and  \(\vec b\), such that  \(\vec a\)\(\vec b\) and  \(\hat n\) form a right handed system.

But, we have the dot product of two vectors  \(\vec a\) and  \(\vec b\) forming and angle θ a  \(\vec a.\vec b=|\vec a||\vec b|cos\,\theta\) 

Now, we divide these two equations.

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