The angle between two vectors

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I'm just a new person here and hope that I can ask my question properly. Here is my question:

Find the vector $\vec{b}$, when the angle between two vectors is $30^\circ$ and one vector is given by $\vec{a} = \langle -1, 2, -3\rangle$ and the other one is given $\vec{b} = \langle x, y, z\rangle$. Unfortunately I couldn't find exact values for the element of vector $\vec{b}$. Could you guys give this problem a try and could you find exact numbers or am I missing something?

Thanks in advance!

Best Answer

You could apply the dot product formula $a \cdot b=|a|\ |b| \cos(30)$ where $|a|$ and $|b|$ are the lengths of the two vectors (square root of sum of squares of components). The vector $b$ is not determined by your condition but is only restricted to lie in a cone making all 3-d locations of vectors $b$ with axis $a$ and apex of cone angle 30 degrees.

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