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Find a vector of magnitude 4 units which is parallel to the vector $\sqrt3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}$.

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Let $\vec{\text{a}}=\sqrt3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}$
Then, $\big|\vec{\text{a}}\big|=\sqrt{\big(\sqrt3\big)^2+1}=\sqrt{3+1}=\sqrt4=2$
A unit vector parallel to $\vec{\text{a}}=\hat{\text{a}}=\frac{\vec{\text{a}}}{|\vec{\text{a}}|}=\frac{1}2\big(\sqrt3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}\big)$
Hence, Required vector $=4\hat{\text{a}}=4\times\frac{1}2\big(\sqrt3\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}\big)=2\sqrt3\hat{\text{i}}+2\hat{\text{j}}$

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