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Exercise 359
What is the degree (or radian) measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $3$ and $\frac14$?
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Solution
  1. $\tan\theta=\left|\dfrac{m_1-m_2}{1+m_1m_2}\right|=\left|\dfrac{3-\frac14}{1+\frac34}\right|=\dfrac{11/4}{7/4}=\dfrac{11}7$.
  2. $\theta=\boxed{\arctan\dfrac{11}7}$.
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