"Connor" wrote in message <kfeg6n$in6$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hello!
>
> I'm certainly a beginner when it comes to MatLAB, but I can find my way around eventually; except with this problem. I'm given the following to find, with the givens:
>
> Use the determinate, or norm, to calculate the volume of the area enclosed by the following vectors.
>
> a = 2*i+1*j+1*k
>
> b= 2*i+-2*j+6*k
>
> c=0*i+0*j+9*k
>
> This is all that's given to me. When I enter this into MatLAB, it returns the error message, "??? Undefined function or variable 'k'." When I first looked at this problem, my first thought was, what are "i," "j," and "k." But I came to the conclusion that "i," and "j," are just the imaginary units, but I still have no idea what "k" is. Any help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
jk
> Hello!
>
> I'm certainly a beginner when it comes to MatLAB, but I can find my way around eventually; except with this problem. I'm given the following to find, with the givens:
>
> Use the determinate, or norm, to calculate the volume of the area enclosed by the following vectors.
>
> a = 2*i+1*j+1*k
>
> b= 2*i+-2*j+6*k
>
> c=0*i+0*j+9*k
>
> This is all that's given to me. When I enter this into MatLAB, it returns the error message, "??? Undefined function or variable 'k'." When I first looked at this problem, my first thought was, what are "i," "j," and "k." But I came to the conclusion that "i," and "j," are just the imaginary units, but I still have no idea what "k" is. Any help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
jk