Precalculus (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32197-907-9
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Chapter 9 - Polar Coordinates; Vectors - 9.5 The Dot Product - 9.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 615: 5

Answer

True.

Work Step by Step

This is true and is called projection, although it is possible that one of the decomposed vectors will be $0$.
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