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Question
State whether the expression is meaningful. If not, explain why? If so, state whether it is a vector or a scalar:
`(bar"a".bar"b").bar"c"`
Solution
This is meaningless because `bar"c"` is a vector, `bar"a".bar"b"` scalar and scalar product of vector and scalar is not defined.
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