Cross product calculation using sin(θ); finding direction by corkscrew method; and importance of right-handed coordinates. Demonstration of this method using a corkscrew in a potato.
Cross Product Using Corkscrew
Course: 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999
Instructor: Prof. Walter Lewin
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