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: 19

Answer

$\theta=50^{\circ}$ The two vectors are not orthogonal.

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $u=(2,1); v=(1,3)$ $|\overrightarrow{u}|=\sqrt {(2)^2+(1)^2}=\sqrt {5}$; $|\overrightarrow{u}|=\sqrt {(1)^2+(3)^2}=\sqrt {10}$; $\overrightarrow{u} \cdot \overrightarrow{v}=2(1)+1(3)=5$ The angle $\theta$ can be calculated as: $\cos \theta=\dfrac{\overrightarrow{u} \cdot \overrightarrow{v}}{|\overrightarrow{u}| |\overrightarrow{v}|}$ This implies that $\cos \theta=\dfrac{5}{|\sqrt {5}| |\sqrt {10}|}=0.707$ Thus, $\theta=\cos^{-1} (0.707) \approx 50^{\circ}$ Hence, the two vectors are not orthogonal.
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