Briefly explain why the dot product of a non zero vector with itself does not equal zero whereas the magnitude of the cross product of a non zero vector with itself does equal zero

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
13th Edition
ISBN:9781133382119
Author:Swokowski
Publisher:Swokowski
Chapter8: Applications Of Trigonometry
Section8.3: Vectors
Problem 14E
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Briefly explain why the dot product of a non zero vector with itself does not equal zero whereas the magnitude of
the cross product of a non zero vector with itself does equal zero
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