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Show that the projection of `vec a` on `vec b != vec 0` is `[frac {vec a. vec b}{|quad vec b|2} ]vec b`. Hence find the projection of `vec PQ` on ` vec AB` where P,Q,A,B are the points (-2,1,3),(3,2,5),(4,-3,5),(7,-5,-1) respectively

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