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If the triple product (v×j)k(\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{j}) \cdot \mathbf{k} is zero, what can you say about the vector v\mathbf{v} ?

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The dot product is equal to 00 only when the two vectors are orthogonal to each other. When we calculate the product v×jv\times j we will get new vector that is orthogonal to jj. Since (v×j)k=0(v\times j)\cdot k=0 then this means that vv is orthogonal to kk.

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