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Show that |a|b+|b|a is perpendicular to |a|b|b|a, for any two nonzero vectors a and b .

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(|a|b+|b|a)(|a|b|b|a)
=|a|2bb|a||b|ba+|b||a|ab|b|2aa
=|a|2|b|2|b|2|a|2=0
Hence, |a|b+|b|a and |a|b|b|a are perpendicular to each other.

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