dot product

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The first type of vector multiplication is called the dot product, based on the notation we use for it, and it is defined as follows:

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

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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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The dot product allows us to do just that.

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So, in this example, the dot product tells us how much money the fruit vendor had in sales on that particular day.

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