Find the angle between the vectors v and w in

Ashley Searcy

Ashley Searcy

Answered question

2021-12-05

Find the angle between the vectors v and w in the following: v=(4,1)T,w=(3,2)T.

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John Twitchell

John Twitchell

Beginner2021-12-06Added 19 answers

v=(4,1)T and w=(3,2)T.
Let 00π be the angle between v and w. We have that cos0=vTw||v||||w||.
Since ||v||=42+12=16+1=17,||w||=32+22=9+4=13 and vTw=43+12=12+2=14 we have that
cos0=141713=14221221 and then 0=arccos(14221221).
Result:
The angle between v an w is arccos(14221221).

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