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If `veca` is a nonzero vector of mangitude 'a' and `lambda` a nonzero scalar , then `lambdaveca` is unit vector if

A

`lambda=1`

B

`lambda=-1`

C

`a=|lambda|`

D

`a=(1)/(|lambda|)`

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