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Ch. 5 - Trigonometric Identities
Lial - Trigonometry 12th Edition
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Capitolo 6, Problema 82

Use the result from Exercise 80 to find the acute angle between each pair of lines. (Note that the tangent of the angle will be positive.) Use a calculator, and round to the nearest tenth of a degree.
5x - 2y + 4 = 0, 3x + 5y = 6

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Rewrite each line in slope-intercept form $y = mx + b$ to identify their slopes. For the first line \(5x - 2y + 4 = 0\), solve for \(y\) to find its slope \(m_1\).
Similarly, rewrite the second line \(3x + 5y = 6\) in slope-intercept form to find its slope \(m_2\).
Use the formula for the tangent of the angle \(\theta\) between two lines with slopes \(m_1\) and \(m_2\): \(\tan(\theta) = \left| \frac{m_1 - m_2}{1 + m_1 m_2} \right|\) This formula gives the absolute value of the tangent of the angle between the lines.
Calculate the value of \(\tan(\theta)\) using the slopes found in steps 1 and 2. Since the problem states the tangent is positive, take the positive value.
Use a calculator to find the angle \(\theta\) by taking the arctangent (inverse tangent) of the value from step 4: \(\theta = \arctan\left( \tan(\theta) \right)\) Round the result to the nearest tenth of a degree to get the acute angle between the lines.

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