The dot product and cross product are currently not well explained. This can be better explained by
- describing these as "multiplications" of two vectors, but explaining that this is not simply multiplying lengths. We need to also account for relative orientations of two vectors.
- Two standard "products": one that describes degree to which vectors are aligned, and another that describes the degree to which they are orthogonal.
- Can show these graphically using trigonometric sin theta & cos theta definitions.
- Can also show a graphical representation of how the different elements of the two vectors are multiplied and summed together (which should help the connection to the distance calculation in the first week 8 exercise).
The dot product and cross product are currently not well explained. This can be better explained by