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Solve the vector equation $\to r \times \to b = \to a \times \to b, \to r . \to c = 0$ provided that $\to c$ is not perpendicular to $\to b$

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$\begin{matrix} G i v e n, ¯ ¯ ¯ r \times ¯ ¯ b = ¯ ¯ ¯ a \times ¯ ¯ b ¯ ¯ ¯ r . ¯ ¯ c = 0 ¯ ¯ c . ¯ ¯ b \neq 0 ¯ ¯ ¯ r \times ¯ ¯ b = ¯ ¯ ¯ a \times ¯ ¯ b t a k e n c r o s s i n c h ¯ ¯ c ¯ ¯ c \times (¯ ¯ ¯ r \times ¯ ¯ b) = ¯ ¯ c (¯ ¯ ¯ a \times ¯ ¯ b) (¯ ¯ c . ¯ ¯ b) ¯ ¯ ¯ r - (¯ ¯ c . ¯ ¯ ¯ r) ¯ ¯ b = (¯ ¯ c . ¯ ¯ b) ¯ ¯ ¯ a - (¯ ¯ ¯ a . ¯ ¯ c) ¯ ¯ b (¯ ¯ c . ¯ ¯ b) ¯ ¯ ¯ r - 0 = (¯ ¯ c . ¯ ¯ b) ¯ ¯ ¯ a - (¯ ¯ ¯ a . ¯ ¯ c) ¯ ¯ b ¯ ¯ ¯ r = ¯ ¯ ¯ a - \frac{(¯ ¯ ¯ a . ¯ c) ¯ b}{(¯ b . ¯ c)} \end{matrix}$

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