Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.6 - Vectors: The Dot Product - 7.6 Problem Set - Page 411: 26

Answer

$81.1^\circ$.

Work Step by Step

From what we learned: $\cos\theta=\frac{U\cdot V}{|U||V|}=\frac{4\cdot7+5\cdot(-4)}{\sqrt{(4^2+5^2}\sqrt{7^2+(-4)^2}}=\frac{8}{\sqrt{41}\cdot\sqrt{65}}=\frac{8}{\sqrt{2665}}$ Thus $\theta=\cos^{-1}\frac{8}{\sqrt{2665}}\approx81.1^\circ$.
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