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Bisectors of the angles between the lines

Lines through the origin

Concept 7 of 9 in Pair of Straight Lines

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Think about this

The lines y=0y = 0 and y=xy = x meet at 45∘45^\circ. Their slopes are 00 and 11. Is y=12xy = \frac{1}{2}x, with the average slope, the line that halves the angle between them?