Troubleshooting Vector Angles in Three Dimensions

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ok so I am not sure how else to do this problem, my answers look similar to those in the book. where they have β=52.5 [itex]\alpha=121[/itex] [itex]\gamma=53.1[/itex], I feel like the book is wrong because i don't see any other way to solve this problem.

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Heres how I solved for the angles
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The gammas are the same so I am unsure where I went wrong.