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Find `| vecx|`, if for a unit vector ` veca ,( vec x- veca) .( vecx+ veca)=15`.

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For a vector `veca`,
`(vecx-veca).(vecx+veca) = 15`
`=>(vecx)^2 - (|veca|)^2` = 15
`=> (vecx)^2 - 1=15` [ since `(|veca|)^2 =1`]
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