NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Straight Lines - Solutions

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Question : 11
Total: 74
The slope of a line is double of the slope of another line. If tangent of the angle between them is
1
3
, find the slopes of the lines.
Solution:  
Let m1 and m2 be the slopes of two lines.
∴ tan θ = |
m1m2
1+m1m2
|

Here tan θ =
1
3
, m1 = m , m2 = 2m
1
3
= |
m2m
1+m(2m)
|
1
3
= |
m
1+2m2
|

⇒ |1 + 2m2| = 3|m| ⇒ 2|m|2 – 3|m| + 1 = 0
2|m|2 – 2|m| – |m| + 1 = 0 ⇒ (2|m| – 1) (|m| – 1) = 0
⇒ |m| =
1
2
,1
⇒ m = ± 1 , ±
1
2

Slope of the two lines are 1 , 2 ; - 1 , - 2 ;
1
2
, 1 ;
1
2
, - 1
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