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The components of a vector `veca` along and perpendicular to a non-zero vector `vecb` are ________ and ___________, respectively.

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To find the components of a vector \(\vec{A}\) along and perpendicular to a non-zero vector \(\vec{B}\), we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Find the component of \(\vec{A}\) along \(\vec{B}\) The component of vector \(\vec{A}\) along vector \(\vec{B}\) is given by the formula: \[ \text{Component of } \vec{A} \text{ along } \vec{B} = \frac{\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|^2} \vec{B} \] Where: - \(\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}\) is the dot product of vectors \(\vec{A}\) and \(\vec{B}\). - \(|\vec{B}|\) is the magnitude of vector \(\vec{B}\). ### Step 2: Find the component of \(\vec{A}\) perpendicular to \(\vec{B}\) The component of vector \(\vec{A}\) perpendicular to vector \(\vec{B}\) is given by the formula: \[ \text{Component of } \vec{A} \text{ perpendicular to } \vec{B} = \vec{A} - \frac{\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|^2} \vec{B} \] ### Final Answer Thus, the components of vector \(\vec{A}\) along and perpendicular to vector \(\vec{B}\) are: - **Along \(\vec{B}\)**: \(\frac{\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|^2} \vec{B}\) - **Perpendicular to \(\vec{B}\)**: \(\vec{A} - \frac{\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|^2} \vec{B}\)

To find the components of a vector \(\vec{A}\) along and perpendicular to a non-zero vector \(\vec{B}\), we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Find the component of \(\vec{A}\) along \(\vec{B}\) The component of vector \(\vec{A}\) along vector \(\vec{B}\) is given by the formula: \[ \text{Component of } \vec{A} \text{ along } \vec{B} = \frac{\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|^2} \vec{B} ...
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