Show that the equation of the line passing through the origin and making an angle θ with the line y= mx+c is y/x =( m+-tanθ) /(1-+ m tanθ)

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asked Feb 17, 2018 in Mathematics by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 60 409 934

Show that the equation of the line passing through the origin and making an angle θ  with

the line y= mx+c is y/x =( m+-tanθ) /(1-+ m tanθ)

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answered Feb 17, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 15
selected Feb 17, 2018 by sforrest072
 
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Let the equation of the line passing through the origin be y = m1x.
If this line makes an angle of θ with line y = mx + c, then angle θ is given by

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