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Volume of a Tetrahedron


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The volume $ V$ of a tetrahedron spanned by the vectors $ \vec{a}$ , $ \vec{b}$ und $ \vec{c}$ can be calculated by

$\displaystyle V=\frac{1}{6}\vert[\vec{a},\vec{b},\vec{c}]\vert\,.
$

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