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About what angle separates the two vectors?

Answer:

I guessed 30°. But this is only a guess.


Applying the Formula

Lets see how close my guess is:

  1. The two vectors are represented by:
    • f  =  (2, 4, 6)T
    • g  =  (6, 4, 3)T
  2. The lengths are:
    • | f |2  =  (2, 4, 6)T · (2, 4, 6)T  =  4 + 16 + 36  =  56
    • | g |2  =  (6, 4, 3)T · (6, 4, 3)T  =  36 + 16 + 9  =  61
  3. The normalized vectors are:
    • fu  =   (2, 4, 6)T / 56
    • gu  =   (6, 4, 3)T / 61
  4. The dot product is:
    • fu · gu  =   (2, 4, 6)T · (6, 4, 3)T / (56 61)
    •   =   (12+16+18)/(56 61)   =   46 / (56 61)   =   0.78704
  5. The angle is:
    • cos θ =  0.78704
    • θ =  arc cos 0.78704  = 38.1°

Not too far off from my guess.


QUESTION 7:

Do two vectors need to be touching at their tails for there to be an angle between them?