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Recall that all spherical harmonics $Y_{l,m}$ are orthornormal. Show that the $d_{xz}$ and $d_{yz}$ orbitals are both orthogonal to each other and normalized. In answering this question, DO NOT explicitly evaluate any integrals.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital#Orbitals_table with this table you can check the $l,m$ corresponding to your orbitals.

Now use the orthoganility relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_harmonics#Orthogonality_and_normalization to answer your question.

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