Question Number 36290 by Rio Mike last updated on 31/May/18
$$\mathrm{Find}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{angle}\:\mathrm{between}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{lines} \\ $$$$\:\:\:{l}_{\mathrm{1}} :\mathrm{y}\:−\:\mathrm{x}\:−\mathrm{4}\:=\:\mathrm{0}\:\mathrm{and}\:{l}_{\mathrm{2}} :\mathrm{2}{x}\:−\:{y}\:=\:\mathrm{7}\: \\ $$$$\mathrm{and}\:\mathrm{hence}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{perpendicular}\: \\ $$$$\mathrm{distance}\:\mathrm{from}\:\mathrm{one}\:\mathrm{point}\:\mathrm{on}\:{l}_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{to}\:{l}_{\mathrm{2}} . \\ $$$$ \\ $$
Commented by prof Abdo imad last updated on 01/Jun/18
$${we}\:{have}\:{L}_{\mathrm{1}} \::\:\:{x}−{y}+\mathrm{4}=\mathrm{0}\:{so}\:{u}\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1}\right)\:{is}\:{a}\:{vector} \\ $$$${director}\:{of}\:{L}_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$${L}_{\mathrm{2}} :\:\mathrm{2}{x}−{y}\:−\mathrm{7}=\mathrm{0}\:{so}\:{v}\left(\:\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2}\right)\:{is}\:{a}\:{vector}\:{director}\:{of} \\ $$$${L}_{\mathrm{2}} \:\Rightarrow\:\left({L}_{\mathrm{1}} ,{L}_{\mathrm{2}} \right)\:\equiv\:\left({u}\:,{v}\right)\left[\mathrm{2}\pi\right] \\ $$$${cos}\left({u},{v}\right)\:=\:\frac{{u}.{v}}{\mid\mid{u}\mid\mid.\mid\mid{v}\mid\mid}\:=\:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}×\mathrm{1}\:+\left(\mathrm{1}×\mathrm{2}\right)}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\:\sqrt{\mathrm{5}}}\:=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\sqrt{\mathrm{5}}}=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{10}}} \\ $$$${sin}\left({u},{v}\right)\:=\frac{{det}\left({u},{v}\right)}{\mid\mid{u}\mid\mid.\mid\mid{v}\mid\mid}\:=\:\frac{\mid_{\mathrm{1}\:\:\:\:\:\:\mathrm{2}} ^{\mathrm{1}\:\:\:\:\:\mathrm{1}} \mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{10}}}\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{10}}}\:\Rightarrow \\ $$$${tan}\left({u},{v}\right)\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}\:\Rightarrow\:\theta=\left({u},{v}\right)\:={arctan}\left(\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}\right). \\ $$
Answered by tanmay.chaudhury50@gmail.com last updated on 31/May/18
$${y}={x}+\mathrm{4} \\ $$$${m}_{\mathrm{1}} ={tan}\alpha=\mathrm{1} \\ $$$${y}=\mathrm{2}{x}−\mathrm{7} \\ $$$${m}_{\mathrm{2}} ={tan}\beta=\mathrm{2} \\ $$$${let}\:{angle}\:{between}\:{two}\:{line}\:{is}\theta \\ $$$$\theta=\beta−\alpha \\ $$$${tan}\theta={tan}\left(\beta−\alpha\right) \\ $$$${tan}\theta=\frac{{tan}\beta−{tan}\alpha}{\mathrm{1}+{tan}\beta.{tan}\alpha} \\ $$$${tan}\theta=\frac{\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$${tan}\theta=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}} \\ $$$$\theta={tan}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}\right) \\ $$$$\theta=\mathrm{18}^{\mathrm{0}} \mathrm{20}'\:\:{acute}\:{angle} \\ $$$$\left(\mathrm{0},\mathrm{4}\right)\:{is}\:{a}\:{point}\:{lies}\:{on}\:{st}\:{line}\:{y}={x}+\mathrm{4} \\ $$$${perpendicular}\:{distance}\:{from}\left(\mathrm{0},\mathrm{4}\right)\:\mathrm{2}{x}−{y}−\mathrm{7}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${is}=\mid\frac{\mathrm{2}×\mathrm{0}−\mathrm{4}−\mathrm{7}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(−\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}\mid \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{5}}} \\ $$
Answered by MJS last updated on 31/May/18
$${l}_{\mathrm{1}} :\:−{x}+{y}−\mathrm{4}=\mathrm{0}\:\Rightarrow\:{n}_{\mathrm{1}} =\begin{pmatrix}{−\mathrm{1}}\\{\mathrm{1}}\end{pmatrix} \\ $$$${l}_{\mathrm{2}} :\:\mathrm{2}{x}−{y}−\mathrm{7}=\mathrm{0}\:\Rightarrow\:{n}_{\mathrm{2}} =\begin{pmatrix}{\mathrm{2}}\\{−\mathrm{1}}\end{pmatrix} \\ $$$$\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha=\frac{\mid{n}_{\mathrm{1}} \ast{n}_{\mathrm{2}} \mid}{\mid{n}_{\mathrm{1}} \mid×\mid{n}_{\mathrm{2}} \mid}=\frac{\mid\left(−\mathrm{1}\right)×\mathrm{2}+\mathrm{1}×\left(−\right)\mathrm{1}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\left(−\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} }×\sqrt{\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(−\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}= \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{3}\sqrt{\mathrm{10}}}{\mathrm{10}} \\ $$$$\alpha\approx\mathrm{18}.\mathrm{43}° \\ $$