Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 9 - Review - Exercises - Page 673: 18

Answer

$77.5$ degrees

Work Step by Step

The angle between two vectors is determined using the formula $\theta=\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{a . b}{|a||b|}\right)$. If the dot product is zero we would immediately know whether the vectors are orthogonal. Thus we must first find the dot product between the two vectors. That would be $-2\times5+3\times6=8$. Thus the vectors aren't orthogonal and the angle is $\cos^-1\left(\frac{8}{|a||b|}\right)$. The magnitude of the first vector is $\sqrt {(-2)^2+6^2}$ or $2\sqrt {10}$ and the second is $\sqrt {5^2+3^2}$ or $ \sqrt {34}$. Thus the angle is $\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{8}{2\sqrt{340}}\right)\approx 77.5$ degrees.
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