3  Vector (or cross) product of two vectors
In Section 10 2, we have discussed on the three dimensional right handed rectangular
coordinate system In this system, when the positive x-axis is rotated counterclockwise
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into the positive y-axis, a right handed (standard) screw would advance in the direction
of the positive z-axis (Fig 10 22(i))