Let vecu and vecv be unit vectors. If ve...

Let `vecu and vecv` be unit vectors. If `vecw` is a vector such that `vecw+vecwxxvecu=vecv`, then prove that `|(vecuxxvecv).vecw|le1/2` and that the equality holds if and only if `vecu` is perpendicular to `vecv`.

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