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Return the determinant of 3 vectors

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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the determinant of 3 vectors
     * @param a vector 1
     * @param b vector 2
     * @param c vector 3
     * @return the determinant value
     */
    public static float determinantVec3(final float[] a, final float[] b,
            final float[] c) {
        return a[0] * b[1] * c[2] + a[1] * b[2] * c[0] + a[2] * b[0] * c[1]
                - a[0] * b[2] * c[1] - a[1] * b[0] * c[2] - a[2] * b[1]
                * c[0];
    }
}

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