Vectors - determining ##\angle abc##

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can someone see if my work is correct?
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I think you made an error with calculating the vector ##\vec{BC}=[-4,0,0]##. I think you missed the minus sign here. You also want to consider ##\vec{BA}## instead of ##\vec{AB}##, so your solution checks out because two negatives cancel each other out.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your convention but I use ##\vec{AB}= \vec{B}- \vec{A}##.
 
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