Find the Area of the Parallelogram That Has the Vectors $$\mathbf { u } = \langle - 4 , - 4 , - 1 \rangle , \mathbf { v } = \langle - 1,4 , - 4 \rangle$$

question 39

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the parallelogram that has the vectors as adjacent sides.
$$\mathbf { u } = \langle - 4 , - 4 , - 1 \rangle , \mathbf { v } = \langle - 1,4 , - 4 \rangle$$

• A) 12
• B) \(\sqrt { 41 }\)
• C) \(2 \sqrt { 2 }\)
• D) 15
• E) \(5 \sqrt { 41 }\)

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