#vector operations confusion

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timber escarp
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I am trying to find the geometric meanings of several vector operations

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Referencing that diagram, what I have gathered is the scalar projection of b onto a is length AB

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The vector projection of b onto a is vector AB

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However, I'm confused with the dot product

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Is the dot product of b and a not length AB?