The measure of the angle between the lines $x^{2}+2 x y \operatorname{cosec} \alpha+y^{2}=0$ is

The measure of the angle between the lines $x^{2}+2 x y \operatorname{cosec} \alpha+y^{2}=0$ is
  1. $\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha$
  2. $\frac{\pi}{2}+\alpha$
  3. $\alpha$
  4. $\pi-\alpha$

Solution

We have $x^{2}+2 x y \operatorname{cosec} \alpha+y^{2}=0$ Comparing it with standard form, we get $\mathrm{a}=1, \mathrm{~h}=\operatorname{cosec} \alpha, \mathrm{b}=1$ Let $\theta$ be the angle between the lines. $\begin{aligned} \tan \theta &=\left|\frac{2 \sqrt{\mathrm{h}^{2}-\mathrm{ab}}}{\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}}\right| \\ &=\left|\frac{2 \sqrt{\operatorname{cosec}^{2} \alpha-1}}{1+1}\right|=\left|\frac{2 \sqrt{\cot ^{2} \alpha}}{2}\right| \\ \tan \theta &=\cot \alpha \Rightarrow \tan \theta=\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha\right) \\ \therefore \theta=\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha & \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (20 Oct Shift 1)

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