Let and be vectors. Find the scalars and vectors defined below. Note that these formulas only depend on , the unit vector in the direction of .
The component of along :
The projection of onto : (Note: you can write this without square roots.) , ,
The projection of orthogonal to : (This is defined in terms of the previous projection.) , ,
Hint: The meaning of these projections is seen from examples where .
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, and
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