10. The projection of a vector
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Given two vectors u and v we want to find the projections of v parallel and perpendicular to the vector v. We already know that the projection of v into the direction of u is
Looking at the picture below it is evident that the projection of v into the direction perpendicular to u is n = v - p, that is,
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