Let
and
be a unit vector such that
and
. If
is perpendicular to
, then
is equal to ____.
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Given the vectors
and
, along with
, and
being a unit vector such that
and
, we proceed as follows:
Determine
:
Since
, we have:

Thus,
is parallel to
. Calculate:

Therefore, we can express
as:

Solve for
and
:
Using the condition
:

Simplify to:
…… .(i)
Since
is perpendicular to
:

Which gives:

Substitute
into equation (i):

Therefore,
.
Find
:
Calculate:

Substituting the determined values:
(since
is a unit vector)

Thus:

Hence,
.
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