Pair Of Straight Lines Question 132

Question: Difference of slopes of the lines represented by equation $ x^{2}({{\sec }^{2}}\theta -{{\sin }^{2}}\theta )-2xy\tan \theta +y^{2}{{\sin }^{2}}\theta =0 $ is

[Kurukshetra CEE 2002]

Options:

A) 4

B) 3

C) 2

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

We know that $ m_1-m_2=\sqrt{{{(m_1+m_2)}^{2}}-4m_1m_2} $

$ =\sqrt{{{( \frac{2\tan \theta }{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta } )}^{2}}-4( \frac{{{\sec }^{2}}\theta -{{\sin }^{2}}\theta }{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta } )} $

$ =\sqrt{\frac{4{{\tan }^{2}}\theta }{{{\sin }^{4}}\theta }-4({{\sec }^{2}}\theta cose{c^{2}}\theta -1)}=2 $ .