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Find the direction cosines and unit vector along the vector `vecr=2veci+vecj+3veck`.

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`2/sqrt(14),1/sqrt14,3/sqrt14,hatr=2/sqrt14hati+1/sqrt14hatj+3/sqrt14hatk`
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