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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the angle between the given vectors to the nearest tenth of a degree. u = <2, -4>, v = <3, -8>

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Have you learnt the cosine rule or the cosine law or however you call it?

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

If no, you can find the angles of them to x-axis and subtract them

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i don't know how to do that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you know how to take the "dot product"?

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

@Zaria602 tangent is the way to go

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

But this time it involves negative number... so you can't draw a diagram

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

\[\tan^{-1}\frac yx\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@satellite73 i tried but its not working for me

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Can you show us your results?

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