You need to use the dot product to find the cosine of the angle between the vectors v and w, such that:
`cos alpha = (v*w)/(|v|*|w|)`
You need to evaluate the product of the vectors v and w, `v = v_x*i + v_y*j, w = w_x*i + w_y*j` , such that:
`v*w = v_x*w_x + v_y*w_y`
`v*w = 1*2 + 1*(-2)`
`v*w = 2- 2`
`v*w = 0`
Since the product of vectors `v*w` is 0, it is no need to evaluate (|v|*|w|) since cos alpha = 0.
`cos alpha = 0 => alpha = pi/2`
Hence, evaluating the angle between the vectors v and w, yields `alpha = pi/2.`
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