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    Jul 12, 2014, 10:06 PM
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    How to find that three vectors are collinear or not?
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    Jul 14, 2014, 03:58 AM
    Set up and evaluate the determinant using their i, j and k componets, and if the determinant = 0 the vectors are co-linear (i.e., not linearly independent).
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