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Determine the unit vector having the direction of the given vector in each of the following problems: `5hati-12hatj`

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Let `veca = 5hati-12hatj`
`|veca| = sqrt(25+144) = 13`
Unit vector along `veca`
= `veca/|veca| = 5/13 hati- (12)/13 hatj`.
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