Problem

Given the vectors u=7i+10j and v=3i+2j, find the angle (in degrees) between them.

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Converting this angle to degrees, we find that the angle between the vectors u=7i+10j and v=3i+2j is approximately 21.32 degrees.

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Step 1 :Given the vectors u=7i+10j and v=3i+2j, we are to find the angle (in degrees) between them.

Step 2 :The angle between two vectors can be found using the dot product formula: uv=||u||||v||cos(θ) where uv is the dot product of u and v, ||u|| and ||v|| are the magnitudes of u and v respectively, and θ is the angle between u and v.

Step 3 :We can rearrange this formula to solve for θ: θ=cos1(uv||u||||v||)

Step 4 :We can calculate the dot product uv as uivi+ujvj, and the magnitudes ||u|| and ||v|| as ui2+uj2 and vi2+vj2 respectively.

Step 5 :Let's calculate these values and find the angle.

Step 6 :For the given vectors, the dot product is 41, the magnitude of u is approximately 12.21, and the magnitude of v is approximately 3.61.

Step 7 :Substituting these values into the formula for θ, we find that the angle in radians is approximately 0.37.

Step 8 :Converting this angle to degrees, we find that the angle between the vectors u=7i+10j and v=3i+2j is approximately 21.32 degrees.

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