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Vectors in Space · Challenge problem

A parallelepiped has edge vectors a=(1,1,0)\mathbf a = (1, 1, 0), b=(0,2,1)\mathbf b = (0, 2, 1) and c=(1,0,3)\mathbf c = (1, 0, 3) at one vertex. Taking the face spanned by a\mathbf a and b\mathbf b as the base, find the height of the parallelepiped.