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 {{#include exercise.rs:solution}}
 ```
 
+This solution highlights the difference between shared and mutable references:
+
+- **Shared References (`&`):** `magnitude` needs to read the vector components
+  but not modify them, so it takes a shared reference (`&[f64; 3]`).
+- **Mutable References (`&mut`):** `normalize` modifies the vector in place, so
+  it requires an exclusive mutable reference (`&mut [f64; 3]`).
+- **Dereferencing:** In the `normalize` loop, `item` is a `&mut f64`. To modify
+  the actual value, we must dereference it using `*item`.
+- **Iteration:** When we iterate over a reference to an array (like `vector`),
+  the iterator yields references to the elements. In `magnitude`, `coord` is
+  `&f64`. In `normalize`, `item` is `&mut f64`.
+
 <details>
 
 - Note that in `normalize` we were able to do `*item /= mag` to modify each