Saturday, April 18, 2015

Find the equation of the straight line which makes angle 30 with positive direction of x axis and cuts intercepts +5 on the y axis .

Because, from the enunciation, we have information about
the slope and the y intercept, we'll put the equation into the standard
form:


y = mx + n


m - slope of
the line


n - y
intercept


Because we know the inclination of the line, a =
30 degrees, we could calculate the slope:


m = tan
30


m = sqrt 3/3


From
enunciation, we know that n = 5.


We'll write the equation
of the line:


y = (sqrt 3/3)*x +
5


We'll re-write the equation in the general
form:


3y - (sqrt3)*x - 15 =
0

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