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The angle between the lines \(\sin ^{2} \alpha \cdot y^{2}-2 x y \cdot \cos ^{2} \alpha+\left(\cos ^{2} \alpha-1\right) x^{2}=0\), is

  1. A \(90^{\circ}\)
  2. B \(\alpha\)
  3. C \(\frac{\alpha}{2}\)
  4. D \(2 \alpha\)
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Correct Answer

(A) \(90^{\circ}\)

Step-by-step Solution

Detailed explanation

Given pair of straight line is
\(\left(\cos ^{2} \alpha-1\right) x^{2}-2 \cos ^{2} \alpha \cdot x y+\sin ^{2} \alpha y^{2}=0\)
On comparing with the equation
\(\begin{aligned}
&a x^{2}+2 h x y+b y^{2}=0, \text { we get } \\
&a=\cos ^{2} \alpha-1=-\sin ^{2} \alpha \\
&h=-\cos ^{2} \alpha \text { and } b=\sin ^{2} \alpha
\end{aligned}\)
Let \(\theta\) be the angle between the lines, then
\(\begin{aligned}
\tan \theta &=\left|\frac{2 \sqrt{h^{2}-a b}}{a+b}\right| \\
\Rightarrow \quad \tan \theta &=\left|\frac{2 \sqrt{\cos ^{4} \alpha+\sin ^{4} \alpha}}{-\sin ^{2} \alpha+\sin ^{2} \alpha}\right|=\infty=\tan 90^{\circ} \\
\Rightarrow \quad \theta &=90^{\circ}
\end{aligned}\)