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$\bigtriangledown\cdot(\vec{v}\times\vec{w})=\vec{w}\cdot(\bigtriangledown\times\vec{v})-\vec{v}\cdot(\bigtriangledown\times\vec{w})$

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$\bigtriangledown\cdot(\vec{v}\times\vec{w})=\vec{w}\cdot(\bigtriangledown\times\vec{v})-\vec{v}\cdot(\bigtriangledown\times\vec{w})$

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What have you tried?

P.S. \nabla $\nabla$ ...that'll save you some writing.

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