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If `veca` and `vecb` are unit vectors and `theta` is the angle between them then show that
`|veca-vecb|=2sin.(theta)/(2)`

A

`sin theta/2`

B

`sin theta`

C

`2 sin theta`

D

`sin 2theta`

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