Properties of Dot Product
Another property of the dot product is:
(au + bv) · w = 
(au) · w  + (bv) · w,   
where a and b are scalars
Here is the list of properties of the dot product:
- u · v  =  |u||v| cos θ
 
- u · v  =  v · u 
 
- u · v  =  0 when u and v are orthogonal.
 
- 0 · 0  =  0
 
- |v|2  =  v · v 
 
- a (u·v) =  (a u) · v
 
- (au + bv) · w  = (au) · w  + (bv) · w