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If `vec(a)` and `vec(b)` are unit vectors inclined at an angle `theta`, then prove that `sin""(theta)/(2) = (1)/(2)|hat(a) - hat(b)|`.

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`(1)/(2)|hat(a) - hat(b)|`
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