Scalar Multiplication of Vectors is Associative

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Theorem

Let $\mathbf a$ be a vector quantity.

Let $m, n$ be scalar quantities.

Then:

$m \paren {n \mathbf a} = \paren {m n} \mathbf a = n \paren {m \mathbf a}$


Proof




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