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Find `|vec(a)|` and `|vec(b)|`, if `(vec(a)+vec(b)).(vec(a)-vec(b))=8` and `|vec(a)|=8|vec(b)|`.

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Hence `|vec(a)|=(16sqrt(2))/(3sqrt(7))` and `|vec(b)|=(2sqrt(2))/(3sqrt(7))`
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