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The obtuse angle b/w the line y=-2 and y=x+2
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document.write( "The slope of y=-2 is m=0 because in slope-intercept form it's y = 0x-2, and\r\n" );
document.write( "the coefficient of x is 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of y=x+1 is m=1 because the coefficient of x is 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"tan%28theta%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%22%22+%2B-+abs%28%28%28m%5B1%5D-m%5B2%5D%29%2F%281%2Bm%5B1%5Dm%5B2%5D%29%29%29+\", taken positive when we want the acute angle, \r\n" );
document.write( "and negative when we want the obtuse angle. \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"tan%28theta%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%22%22+%2B-+%28%280-1%29%2F%281%2B0%2A1%29%29+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"tan%28theta%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%22%22+%2B-+1+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We take the negative value since we want the obtuse angle:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"theta+=+%22135%B0%22\"\r\n" );
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