Distinguish between scalar product and vector product of two vectors.
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The scalar product of two vectors is obtained by multiplying their magnitudes with the cosine of the angle between them. ... The vector product of two vectors is a vector perpendicular to both of them. Its magnitude is obtained by multiplying their magnitudes by the sine of the angle between them.
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The scalar quantities are defined by magnitude only whereas vector quantities are defined by both direction and magnitude.
Scalar quantities changes when there occurs a change in magnitude but vector quantities changes with change in direction, quantity or both.
When comparing two scalar quantities, you have to compare only magnitude but in comparing vectors you have to compare both direction as well as magnitude.
Multiplication of two scalar quantities is always a scalar quantity, where as multiplication of a scalar quantity with a vector quantity or multiplication of two vector quantities is always a vector quantity.