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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Angle between two vectors
If θ is the angle between two vectors,
cos θ =
a
.
b
/|
a
||
b
|
=> θ = cos
-1
(a.b/|a||b|)
In component form
If
a
= a1
i
+a2
j
+a3
k
and
b
= b1
i
+b2
j
+b3
k
θ = cos
-1
[(a1b1+a2b2+a3b3)/(SQRT(a1²+a2²+a3²)*SQRT(b1²+b2²+b3²))
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