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The orthogonal projection of ` vec a\ on\ vec b` is a. `(( vec adot vec b) vec a)/(|"a"|^2)` b. `(( vec adot vec b) vec b)/(| vec b|^2)` c. ` vec a/(| vec a|)` d. ` vec b/(| vec b|)`

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