\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \begin{eqnarray*} \vec{a} &=& (a_x,0,0) \\ \vec{b} &=& (b_x,b_y,0) \\ \vec{c} &=& (c_x,c_y,c_z) \\ a_x &=& A \\ b_x &=& (\vec{B} \bullet \vec{A}) \,\, / \,\, A \\ b_y &=& |\vec{A} \times \vec{B}| \,\, / \,\, A \quad \rm{or} \quad \sqrt{B^2 - {b_x}^2} \\ c_x &=& (\vec{C} \bullet \vec{A}) \,\, / \,\, A \\ c_y &=& [\vec{C} \bullet ((\vec{A} \times \vec{B}) \times \vec{A})] \,\, / \,\, |(\vec{A} \times \vec{B}) \times \vec{A}| \quad \rm{or} \quad \sqrt{C^2 - {c_x}^2 -{c_z}^2} \\ c_z &=& [\vec{C} \bullet (\vec{A} \times \vec{B})] \,\, / \,\, |\vec{A} \times \vec{B}| \\ \end{eqnarray*} \end{document}