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Show that if a is a nonzero vector and $r$ is a nonzero scalar, then the orthogonal projection of a vector on $r$ a is the same as its orthogonal projection on a.
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Step 1: Let's denote the orthogonal projection of a vector $v$ on $a$ as $d$ and on $ra$ as $l$. Show more…
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