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So, basically I picked the one direction that doesn't work for the [111] plane. haha I reworked it with the other two possible slip directions and they both gave the right answer. Thanks for the reply.

The problem said: "Determine the magnitude of the Schmid factor for an FCC single crystal oriented with its [100] direction parallel to the loading axis. " The Schmid factor is the "cos(\phi)*cos(\lambda)" term in the equation for resolved shear stress. I know that the slip planes...