dot product

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Using the dot product, find the projection of vector v12 found in step 4 onto unit vector n found in step 3.

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When two vectors are combined using the dot product, the result is a scalar.

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Note that if u and v are two-dimensional vectors, we calculate the dot product in a similar fashion.

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The fourth property shows the relationship between the magnitude of a vector and its dot product with itself:

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The dot product essentially tells us how much of the force vector is applied in the direction of the motion vector.

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