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Two vectors u and v are said to be parallel if they
have either the same direction or opposite direction. This means that each is
a scalar multiple of the other: for some non-zero scalar s, v = su and so
u = 
Since the zero vector can be written 0 = 0v, the zero vector is considered to be parallel to every other vector v.
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