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a . (b x c) = 6
a x (b x c) = -267 204 -3
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<lang plain english>To run:
Start up.
Make a vector from 3 and 4 and 5.
Make another vector from 4 and 3 and 5.
Make a third vector from -5 and -12 and -13.
Write "A vector: " then the vector on the console.
Write "Another vector: " then the other vector on the console.
Write "A third vector: " then the third vector on the console.
Write "" on the console.
Compute a dot product of the vector and the other vector.
Write "Dot product between the vector and the other vector: " then the dot product on the console.
Compute a cross product of the vector and the other vector.
Write "Cross product between the vector and the other vector: " then the cross product on the console.
Compute a scalar triple product of the vector and the other vector and the third vector.
Write "Scalar triple product between the vector and the other vector and the third vector: " then the scalar triple product on the console.
Compute a vector triple product of the vector and the other vector and the third vector.
Write "Vector triple product between the vector and the other vector and the third vector: " then the vector triple product on the console.
Wait for the escape key.
Shut down.
A vector has a first number, a second number, and a third number.
To make a vector from a first number and a second number and a third number:
Put the first into the vector's first.
Put the second into the vector's second.
Put the third into the vector's third.
To put a vector into another vector:
Put the vector's first into the other vector's first.
Put the vector's second into the other vector's second.
Put the vector's third into the other vector's third.
To convert a vector into a string:
Append "(" then the vector's first then ", " then the vector's second then ", " then the vector's third then ")" to the string.
A dot product is a number.
To compute a dot product of a vector and another vector:
Put the vector's first times the other vector's first into a first number.
Put the vector's second times the other vector's second into a second number.
Put the vector's third times the other vector's third into a third number.
Put the first plus the second plus the third into the dot product.
A cross product is a vector.
To compute a cross product of a vector and another vector:
Put the vector's second times the other vector's third into a first number.
Put the vector's third times the other vector's second into a second number.
Put the vector's third times the other vector's first into a third number.
Put the vector's first times the other vector's third into a fourth number.
Put the vector's first times the other vector's second into a fifth number.
Put the vector's second times the other vector's first into a sixth number.
Make a result vector from the first minus the second and the third minus the fourth and the fifth minus the sixth.
Put the result into the cross product.
A scalar triple product is a number.
To compute a scalar triple product of a vector and another vector and a third vector:
Compute a cross product of the other vector and the third vector.
Compute a dot product of the vector and the cross product.
Put the dot product into the scalar triple product.
A vector triple product is a vector.
To compute a vector triple product of a vector and another vector and a third vector:
Compute a cross product of the other vector and the third vector.
Compute another cross product of the vector and the cross product.
Put the other cross product into the vector triple product.</lang>
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A vector: (3, 4, 5)
Another vector: (4, 3, 5)
A third vector: (-5, -12, -13)
Dot product between the vector and the other vector: 49
Cross product between the vector and the other vector: (5, 5, -7)
Scalar triple product between the vector and the other vector and the third vector: 6
Vector triple product between the vector and the other vector and the third vector: (-267, 204, -3)
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