Pair Of Straight Lines Question 120

Question: The angle between the pair of straight lines $ y^{2}{{\sin }^{2}}\theta -xy{{\sin }^{2}}\theta +x^{2}({{\cos }^{2}}\theta -1)=1, $ is

[MNR 1985; UPSEAT 2000; Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

Options:

A) $ \frac{\pi }{3} $

B) $ \frac{\pi }{4} $

C) $ \frac{2\pi }{3} $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ \alpha ={{\tan }^{-1}}{ \frac{2\sqrt{\frac{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta }{4}-{{\sin }^{2}}\theta ({{\cos }^{2}}\theta -1)}}{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta +{{\cos }^{2}}\theta -1} } $

$ ={{\tan }^{-1}}\infty \Rightarrow \alpha =\frac{\pi }{2} $