The acute angle included between the lines $x \sin \theta-y \cos \theta=5$ and $x \sin \propto-y \cos…

The acute angle included between the lines $x \sin \theta-y \cos \theta=5$ and $x \sin \propto-y \cos \propto+11=0$ is
  1. $|\theta-\propto|$
  2. $\frac{\pi}{4}$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{3}$
  4. $\theta+\propto$

Solution

Slope of line $x \sin \theta-y \cos \theta=5$ is $m_{1}=\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}=\tan \theta$ Slope of line $x \sin \alpha-y \sin \alpha+11=0$ is $m_{2}=\frac{\sin \alpha}{\cos \alpha}=\tan \alpha$ Let $\beta$ be the angle between the lines $\begin{aligned} \tan \beta &=\left|\frac{\tan \theta-\tan \alpha}{1+\tan \alpha \tan \alpha}\right| \Rightarrow \tan \beta=\tan (\theta-\alpha) \\ \beta &=|\theta-\alpha| \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (13 Oct Shift 1)

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