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Mathematical Expression Editor
Suppose and are vector-valued functions.
Further assume and .
Find real numbers and so that the vector-valued function satisfies .
By the constant multiple and sum rules for vector-valued derivative, .
Consequently, we want to equal .
But equals .
So we wish to solve .
This is a system of three equations in two unknowns, namely that and and
.
Subtracting the second equation from the first reveals that .