Suppose we have three vectors in 3D space. My questions are:
- How we check if these vectors are satisfy the right-hand rule or not. I know that it's possible to make the three vectors satisfy the right-hand rule by either change the signs of one vector, or of all three, or swap two vectors. But
- How many possible combinations of the three vectors (swapping or change the sign) that makes them satisfy the right-hand rule. and depends on what the vectors are swapped or the signs changes.
I understand your question as follows: How many triples from the set $\{+e_1,-e_1,+e_2,-e_2,+e_3,-e_3\}$ form a basis which is positively oriented with respect to the standard basis $(e_1,e_2,e_3)$ of ${\mathbb R}^3$?
Any such triple has to contain one vector from each pair $\{+e_i,-e_i\}$. As the order of the numbers $i$ is arbitrary, as is the sign chosen in each pair, there are $6\cdot 8=48$ triples forming a basis, and (by symmetry) $24$ of them are positively oriented.