# Homework Help: Vector Angles

1. Sep 18, 2010

### jaytm2291

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
http://gyazo.com/f4c02f2a57b24a39dfee575837e0a807.png

2. Relevant equations
Ax = A cos (?)
Ay = A sin(?)

3. The attempt at a solution
I tried putting the magnitude of x cos (?) but honestly have no idea what to do. Thanks

2. Sep 19, 2010

### jaytm2291

Help?

3. Sep 19, 2010

### jaytm2291

Is this a joke?

4. Sep 19, 2010

### RoyalCat

You were asked for the angle in degrees, not for the component along that axis. If you know the value of BcosΘ, as well as the value of B, it is no problem to find cosΘ and consequently, Θ itself.

If that doesn't quite click for you, the following approach may be useful as and more instructive for more complicated problems.

Use the properties of the vector dot product to find the answer.

$$\vec A \cdot \vec B = |A||B|\cos{\theta}$$
So to find the angle, $$\cos{\theta}=\frac{\vec A \cdot \vec B}{|A||B|}$$

In your case, you want to find the angle with the x, y, and z axes respectively. So the vectors you'd need to dot would be, $$\vec B \cdot \hat x$$, $$\vec B \cdot \hat y$$ and $$\vec B \cdot \hat z$$