Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 11 - Vectors and the Geometry of Space - 11.3 Exercises - Page 773: 13

Answer

$1.0799rad=61.87^\circ$

Work Step by Step

$\mathbf{u}=<1,1,1>\hspace{10mm}\mathbf{v}=<2,1,-1>$ $\mathbf{u}\cdot\mathbf{v}=1\times2+1\times1+1\times(-1)=2+1-1=2$ $\|\mathbf{u}\|=\sqrt{1^2+1^2+1^2}=\sqrt{3}$ $\|\mathbf{v}\|=\sqrt{2^2+1^2+(-1)^2}=\sqrt{6}$ $\theta=\cos^{-}\left(\frac{\mathbf{u}\cdot\mathbf{v}}{\|\mathbf{u}\|\|\mathbf{v}\|}\right)=\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}\sqrt{6}}\right)=\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3\sqrt{2}}\right)=\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}\right)=1.0799rad=61.87^\circ$
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