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I understand that, but how do I compute α and β?

Homework Statement Solve for the unit vectors x-hat and y-hat in terms of r-hat and phi-hat. Homework Equations r-hat=cos(phi)x-hat+sin(phi)y-hat phi-hat=cos(phi)y-hat-sin(phi)x-hat, The Attempt at a Solution I have been working on this for a really long time, and I keep getting a...