Dot Product Distributes over Addition/Proof 3

Theorem

$\paren {\mathbf u + \mathbf v} \cdot \mathbf w = \mathbf u \cdot \mathbf w + \mathbf v \cdot \mathbf w$

Proof

From Dot Product Operator is Bilinear:

$\paren {c \mathbf u + \mathbf v} \cdot \mathbf w = c \paren {\mathbf u \cdot \mathbf w} + \paren {\mathbf v \cdot \mathbf w}$

Setting $c = 1$ yields the result.

$\blacksquare$