Finding a Unit Vector In Exercises 47-56, find a unitvector in the direction of the given vector. Verify that theresult has a magnitude of 1.49. v = (-1, 1)

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Finding a Unit Vector In Exercises 47-56, find a unit vector in the direction of the given vector. Verify that the result has a magnitude of 1. 49. v = (-1, 1)