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Vectors in Space · Challenge problem

Unit vectors a\mathbf a and b\mathbf b make an angle of π3\dfrac{\pi}{3}. Find the volume of the parallelepiped spanned by a+b\mathbf a + \mathbf b, a−b\mathbf a - \mathbf b and a×b\mathbf a \times \mathbf b.