# V3 - Angle between vectors

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The Angle Between Vectors calculator computes the angle(α) separating two vectors (V and U) Vectors U and V in three dimensions in three dimensional space.

INSTRUCTIONS: Enter the following:

• (V):  Enter the x, y and z components of V separated by commas (e.g. 3,9,1)
• (U):  Enter the x, y and z components of U separated by commas (e.g. 3,9,1)

Angle Between Vectors (α): The calculator returns the angle (α) between the two vectors in degrees.  However, this can be automatically converted into other angle units via the pull-down menu.

#### The Math

This formula lets the user enter two three-dimensional vectors (V and U)  with X, Y and Z components (Euclidean 3-space vectors)

##### To calculate the angle between two vectors:
1. calculate the unit vectors associated with vector V and vector U.  To do that,
1. compute the magnitude of the vectors  and then
2. do a scalar multiplication for each of the vectors where the scalar(k) is the inverse of the vector's magnitude.
2. calculate the dot product of the unit vectors
3. calculate the arc-cosine of that dot product to calculate the angle between the vectors in radians.