A better way to remember both products in Eqs. (32.12) and (32.13) is: "The middle vector times the dot product of the two on the ends, minus the dot product of the two vectors straddling the parenthe...A better way to remember both products in Eqs. (32.12) and (32.13) is: "The middle vector times the dot product of the two on the ends, minus the dot product of the two vectors straddling the parenthesis times the remaining one.”