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Order the steps: find the angle between two vectors

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. Compute the scalar product a · b from the components
  2. Compute the magnitude of each vector
  3. Divide the scalar product by the product of the magnitudes
  4. That quotient is cos θ
  5. Apply cos⁻¹ to obtain the angle

Explanation

The scalar product rearranged is the standard route to an angle. Source: syllabus Maths Part II, Ch 10 Vector Algebra.
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