Using the distributive law, together with the identities
→a×→a→a⋅(→a×→b)=0→b⋅(→a×→b)=0Weget(→u+→v−→w)⋅((→u−→v)×(→v−→w))(→u⋅((→u−→v)×(→v−→w)))+((→v−→w)⋅((→u−→v)×(→v−→w)))→u⋅((→u−→v)×(→v−→w))→u⋅((→u×→v)−(→u×→w)+(→v×→w))→u⋅(→u×→v)−→u⋅(→u×→w)+→u⋅(→v×→w)→u⋅(→v×→w)