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Find the angle between the given vectors to the nearest tenth of a degree.

u = <-5, -4>, v = <-4, -3>

User Beno
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Angle θ between two vectors is given by,
\theta =cos^(-1)( (u \cdot v)/(|u||v|) ); where
u \cdot v=-5(-4)+(-4)(-3)=20+12=32;
|u|= \sqrt{ (-5)^(2) + (-4)^(2) } = √(25+16) = √(41) and
|v|=\sqrt{ (-4)^(2) + (-3)^(2) } = √(16+9) = √(25)=5.
Therefore,
\theta =cos^(-1)( (32)/( 5√(41)) )=cos^(-1)0.9995=1.8^o
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