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


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

Verified Answer :

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