JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Straight Line Question Bank Angle between two straight lines, Bisector of angle between two lines

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    The angle between the lines \[x\cos {{\alpha }_{1}}+y\sin {{\alpha }_{1}}={{p}_{1}}\] and \[x\cos {{\alpha }_{2}}+y\sin {{\alpha }_{2}}={{p}_{2}}\]is

    A)            \[({{\alpha }_{1}}+{{\alpha }_{2}})\]                                   

    B)            \[({{\alpha }_{1}}\tilde{\ }{{\alpha }_{2}})\]

    C)            \[2{{\alpha }_{1}}\]               

    D)            \[2{{\alpha }_{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               \[\theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{-\cot {{\alpha }_{1}}+\cot {{\alpha }_{2}}}{1+\cot {{\alpha }_{1}}\cot {{\alpha }_{2}}} \right]\]                   \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{\tan {{\alpha }_{2}}-\tan {{\alpha }_{1}}}{1+\tan {{\alpha }_{2}}\tan {{\alpha }_{1}}} \right]=({{\alpha }_{2}}\tilde{\ }{{\alpha }_{1}})\] Aliter: Obviously, first line makes angle \[\frac{\pi }{2}+{{\alpha }_{1}}\]with the x-axis and second line makes the angle \[\frac{\pi }{2}+{{\alpha }_{2}}\]. Therefore, angle between these two lines is \[{{\alpha }_{1}}\tilde{\ }{{\alpha }_{2}}\].


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