SOLUTION: Consider the following. u = i + 3j, v = −3i + j (a) Find u · v. (b) Find the angle between u and v to the nearest degree.

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Question 1206880: Consider the following.
u = i + 3j, v = −3i + j
(a) Find u · v.
(b) Find the angle between u and v to the nearest degree.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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(a) Find

To find the dot product of and , use the formula

where , are the coefficients of and , are the coefficients of .

In this case,
,
,

the dot product of and is



(b) Find the angle between and to the nearest degree.
To find the angle between and , we use the formula:



where and are the magnitudes of and , respectively
the magnitude of is
the magnitude of is




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