11)The lines y = (5/12)x and y = (4/3)x are drawn in the coordinate plane. Find the slope of the line that bisects the acute angle between these lines.
Construct a circle centered at the origin with a radius of 1
The equation is
x^2 + y^2 = 1
We can find the x coordinate of the intersection of the first line and this circle,thusly "
x^2 + [ (5/12)x ]^2 = 1
x^2 + (25/144)x^2 =1
[144 + 25] / 144 x^2 = 1
[169] /144 x^2 =1
x^2 = 144/169
x = 12/13
And y = (5/12)(12/13) = 5/13
So ( 12/13, 5/13 ) is on the circle
Like wise...we can find the intersection of this circle with the second line :
x^2 +[ (4/3)x\^2 =1
x^2 + (16/9)x^2 = 1
[9 + 16 ] / 9 * x^2 =1
25/9 x^2 =1
x^2 = 9/25
x = 3/5
And y = (4/3)(3/5) = 4/5
So (3/5, 4/5) is on the circle
And a chord can be drawn on this circle with endpoints ( 12/13, 5/13) and (3/5, 4/5 )
And the midpoint of this chord is
( [12/13 + 3/5] / 2, [ 5/13 + 4/5 ] / 2 ) =
(99/130 , 77/130 )
And the line drawn from the origin to this point is the line we seek and it will have the slope
[77/130] / [99/130] = 77/99 = 7/9