Find the Area of the Parallelogram That Has the Vectors

question 127

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the parallelogram that has the vectors as adjacent sides. $\begin{array} { l } \mathbf { u } = - 3 \mathbf { i } + 6 \mathbf { j } + 9 \mathbf { k } \\\mathbf { v } = 6 \mathbf { i } + 4 \mathbf { j } + 13 \mathbf { k }\end{array}$

• A) \(\text { Area } = \sqrt { 8109 } \text { square units }\)
• B) \(\text { Area } = \sqrt { 12717 } \text { square units }\)
• C) \(\text { Area } = \sqrt { 10911 } \text { square units }\)
• D) \(\text { Area } = \sqrt { 10461 } \text { square units }\)
• E) \(\text { Area } = \sqrt { 1905 } \text { square units }\)

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