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If `veca,vecb,vecc` are the position vectors oif three non collinear points AS,B,C respectively, show that eperpendicular distance of C ferom the line through A and B is `(|vecaxxvecb+vecbxxvecc+veccxxveca|)/(|vecb-veca|)`

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