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Storm Butler
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I am trying to get an intuition behind the cross product but i seem to get stuck with understanding why we make the vector perpendicular to the other two? I understand the need to define an orientation for physical systems like torque (ccw or cw) but then why make it a vector and why choose perpendicular? Is this just by definition or does it arise from the geometry? What if we re defined the cross product to be at a 30 degree angle from both of the vectors, would it still work in physical analysis (albiet more difficult becuase of the skewed angle?)