What is the dot product of two vectors with itself?

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The dot product of a vector with itself is the magnitude's square. When we multiply a vector by itself using the dot product, the angle between them is always zero. That's because the cosine of a 0° angle is 1. The dot product simplifies to the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors. And, in t

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