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Published on: August 14, 2026
A line 
passes through the point 
meets the line 
whose equation is
at the point 
. The equation to the line 
so that 
, is 
. Find 
.
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Slopes of 
and 
are 
and 
respectively. If 
be the angle between 
and 
, then 
Since 
Thus, the line 
also makes an angle 
with 
. If 
be the slope of the line 
, then itsequation is 
Now 
or 
But slope of 
is 
, so slope of 
is 
Therefore, the equation of line 
given by 
is 
.
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