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Published on: August 12, 2026
If 
and 
are any two non-collinear unit vectors and 
is any vector, then
. Find 
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Let 
be a unit vector in the direction of 
, 
in the direction of 
. Note that 
and 
We have 
, w here 
is a unit vector perpendicular to 
and 
.
Any vector a can be written as a linear combination of 
, 
and 
.
Let 
Now 
and 
Thus 
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