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Cosine of the Angle between Planes:


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Find the cosine of the angle between the planes

P1: -x + 4y - 2z = 8, and P2: 3x - y + 4z = -5.

We can find the cosine between the normal vectors, which we can obtain from the coefficients in the equations of the planes:

n1 = -i + 4j - 2k, and

n2 = 3i - j + 4k.

Now we determine the cosine:

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