What is the angle between the two lines with direction vectors and ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A.
- Step 1: Compute dot product: .
- Step 2: Compute magnitudes: , and .
- Step 3: Cosine of angle: .
- Step 4: Angle is .
Answer
\arccos(\frac{4}{9}).
Why not the others: '' assumes parallel lines; '' assumes ; '' assumes perpendicular lines with dot product zero.
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