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Check if two vectors are collinear or not | Function to calculate cross product of two vectors.
Update cross_P [ 0 ].
Update cross_P [ 1 ].
Update cross_P [ 2 ].
Function to check if two given vectors are collinear or not.
Store the first and second vectors.
Store their cross product.
Calculate their cross product.
Check if their cross product is a NULL Vector or not.
Driver Code.
Given coordinates of the two vectors"
How can the above be solved in Python?
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#Here is code to check if two vectors are collinear or not and the other steps required.
 def crossProduct ( vect_A , vect_B , cross_P ) :
	cross_P [ 0 ] = ( vect_A [ 1 ] * vect_B [ 2 ] - vect_A [ 2 ] * vect_B [ 1 ] )
	cross_P [ 1 ] = ( vect_A [ 2 ] * vect_B [ 0 ] - vect_A [ 0 ] * vect_B [ 2 ] )
	cross_P [ 2 ] = ( vect_A [ 0 ] * vect_B [ 1 ] - vect_A [ 1 ] * vect_B [ 0 ] )
def checkCollinearity ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) :
	A = [ x1 , y1 , z1 ]
	B = [ x2 , y2 , z2 ]
	cross_P = [ 0 for i in range ( 3 ) ]
	crossProduct ( A , B , cross_P )
	if ( cross_P [ 0 ] == 0 and cross_P [ 1 ] == 0 and cross_P [ 2 ] == 0 ) :
		print ( " Yes " )
	else :
		print ( " No " )
if __name__ == ' _ _ main _ _ ' :
	x1 = 4
	y1 = 8
	z1 = 12
	x2 = 8
	y2 = 16
	z2 = 24
	checkCollinearity ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 )