Question text 2Marks Consider the position vectors [math: a=2i+3j−6k]\textbf{a}=2\textbf{i}+3\textbf{j}-6\textbf{k} and [math: b=2i−j+2k]\textbf{b}=2\textbf{i}-\textbf{j}+2\textbf{k}. The angle between [math: a]\textbf{a} and [math: b]\textbf{b} is [math: arccos⁡(]\arccos\big( Answer 1[input][math: /]\Big/ Answer 2[input] [math: )]\big).(The denominator should be a positive integer. The fraction should be written in an irreducible form) Notes Report question issue Question 18 Notes多项填空题
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Question text 2Marks Consider the position vectors [math: a=2i+3j−6k]\textbf{a}=2\textbf{i}+3\textbf{j}-6\textbf{k} and [math: b=2i−j+2k]\textbf{b}=2\textbf{i}-\textbf{j}+2\textbf{k}. The angle between [math: a]\textbf{a} and [math: b]\textbf{b} is [math: arccos⁡(]\arccos\big( Answer 1[input][math: /]\Big/ Answer 2[input] [math: )]\big).(The denominator should be a positive integer. The fraction should be written in an irreducible form) Notes Report question issue Question 18 Notes多项填空题

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The problem provides two position vectors a and b, and asks for the angle between them, expressed as arccos( Answer1 / Answer2 ) with a positive denominator in irreducible form. Here are the given vectors: a = 2i + 3j − 6k and b = 2i − j + 2k.

First, compute the dot product a · b: (2)(2) + (3)(−1) + (−6)(2) = 4 − 3 − 12 = −11.
Next, determine the magnitudes: |a| = sqrt(2^2 + 3^2 + (−6)^2) = sqrt(4 + 9 + 36) = sqrt(49) = 7, and |b| = sqrt(2^2 + (−1)^2 + 2^2) = sqrt(4 + 1 + 4) = sqrt(9) = 3.
Thus, the cosine of the angle θ between a and b is cos θ = (a · b) / (|a||b|) = (−11) / (7 · 3) = −11/21.
Therefore, θ = arccos(−11/21).

If you try to interpret the given Answer1 and Answer2 as the numerator and denominator of the fraction inside arccos, then Answer1/Answer2 would be 4/(7√6) ≈ 0.277. This value would yield an angle around arccos(0.277) ≈ 1.29 radians (about 74 degrees), which is not consistent with the actual calculation above where cos θ = −11/21 ≈ −0.524 (angle ≈ 2.64 radians or about 151 degrees).

Additionally, the problem requests the fraction to be written in irreducible form with a positive denominator. The irreducible form of the correct fraction is −11/21, where the denominator 21 is positive and the numerator and denominator share no common factors other than 1.

Since there are no provided multiple-choice options to evaluate, the analysis concludes by comparing the given numbers to the mathematically correct result: the computed cos θ is −11/21, not 4/(7√6). The irreducible form for the cos value is −11/21, and the corresponding angle is arccos(−11/21).