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Write a short note on vector product between two vectors.

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The vector product or cross product of two vectors is defined as another having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of two vectors and the sine of the between them. The direction of the product vector is perpendicular to the plane containing the two vectors , in accrodance with the right hand screw rule or right hand thumb rule.
Thus , if `vecA and vecB` are two vectors , then their vector product is written `vecA xx vecB` which is a vector `vecC` defined by
`vecC = vecA xx vecB = (AB sin theta) hatn`
The direction `hatn ` of `vecA xx vecB` , i.e. `vecC` is perpendicular to the plane containing the vectors `vecA` and `vecB`
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