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Answer the following.
If |a⃗ - b⃗| = |a⃗ + b⃗| in the given figure, what inference can you draw?
If $|\vec{a} - \vec{b}| = |\vec{a} + \vec{b}|$ in the given figure, what inference can you draw?

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Official answer key$|\vec{a} - \vec{b}| = |\vec{a} + \vec{b}|$
$\Rightarrow |\vec{a} + \vec{b}|^2 = |\vec{a} - \vec{b}|^2$
$\Rightarrow \vec{a}^2 + 2\vec{a}\cdot\vec{b} + \vec{b}^2 = \vec{a}^2 - 2\vec{a}\cdot\vec{b} + \vec{b}^2$
$\Rightarrow 4\vec{a}\cdot\vec{b} = 0 \Rightarrow \vec{a}\cdot\vec{b} = 0$
$\Rightarrow \vec{a} \perp \vec{b}$
The diagonals of a parallelogram are equal if it is a rectangle.