Question

Find the angle that the line through the given pair of points makes with the positive direction of the x-axis

Answer 1

Answer:

Therefore the angle that the line through the given pair of points makes with the positive direction of the x-axis is 45°.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Let

A(x₁ , y₁) = (1 , 4) and  

B( x₂ , y₂ ) = (-1 , 2)

To Find:

θ = ?

Solution:

Slope of a line when two points are given is given bt

$Slope(AB)=\dfrac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1} }$

Substituting the values we get

$Slope(AB)=\dfrac{2-4}{-1-1}=\dfrac{-2}{-2}=1\\\\Slope=1$

Also Slope of line when angle ' θ  ' is given as

$Slope=\tan \theta$

Substituting Slope = 1 we get

$1=\tan \theta$

$\tan \theta=1\\\theta=\tan^{-1}(1)$

We Know That for angle 45°,

tan 45 = 1

Therefore

$\theta=45\°$

Therefore the angle that the line through the given pair of points makes with the positive direction of the x-axis is 45°.