Cross Product Condition for Parallel Directions

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Cross Product Condition for Parallel Directions

## Formula

For direction vectors:

$$\vec d_1=(a_1,b_1),\quad\vec d_2=(a_2,b_2)$$

parallelism requires:

$$a_1b_2-a_2b_1=0$$

## Usage

- Used to test whether two direction vectors are parallel.

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