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NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Straight Lines - Solutions

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Question : 11 of 74
Marks: +1, -0
The slope of a line is double of the slope of another line. If tangent of the angle between them is 13\frac{1}{3} , find the slopes of the lines.
Solution:  
Let m1m_1 and m2m_2 be the slopes of two lines.
∴ tan θ = ∣m1−m21+m1m2∣\left|\frac{m_1-m_2}{1+m_1m_2}\right|
Here tan θ = 13\frac{1}{3} , m1m_1 = m , m2m_2 = 2m
13\frac{1}{3} = ∣m−2m1+m(2m)∣\left|\frac{m-2m}{1+m(2m)}\right| ⇒ 13\frac{1}{3} = ∣−m1+2m2∣\left|\frac{-m}{1+2m^2}\right|
⇒ |1 + 2m22m^2| = 3|m| ⇒ 2∣m∣22\left|m\right|^2 – 3|m| + 1 = 0
⇒ 2∣m∣22\left|m\right|^2 – 2|m| – |m| + 1 = 0 ⇒ (2|m| – 1) (|m| – 1) = 0
⇒ |m| = 12,1\frac{1}{2},1 ⇒ m = ± 1 , ± 12\frac{1}{2}
Slope of the two lines are 1 , 2 ; - 1 , - 2 ; 12\frac{1}{2} , 1 ; −12-\frac{1}{2} , - 1
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