The components of a vector $a$ along and perpendicular to the non-zero vector $b$ are respectively:

  • A
    $\frac{a \cdot b}{|a|}, \frac{|a \times b|}{|a|}$
  • B
    $\frac{a \cdot b}{|b|}, \frac{|a \times b|}{|b|}$
  • C
    $\frac{a \cdot b}{|a|}, \frac{a \cdot b}{|a|}$
  • D
    $\frac{|a \times b|}{|a|}, \frac{|a \times b|}{|b|}$

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