SOLUTION: Find the angle between the lines y=x/3 + 4/3, y= x/2 + 5/8! Please help me with that

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Question 990518: Find the angle between the lines y=x/3 + 4/3, y= x/2 + 5/8! Please help me with that
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the slopes of both lines.
m%5B1%5D=1%2F3
m%5B2%5D=1%2F2
Then the angle is found using this formula,
tan%28theta%29=abs%28%28m%5B1%5D-m%5B2%5D%29%2F%281%2Bm%5B1%5Dm%5B2%5D%29%29
tan%28theta%29=abs%28%281%2F3-1%2F2%29%2F%281%2B%281%2F3%29%281%2F2%29%29%29
tan%28theta%29=abs%28%282%2F6-3%2F6%29%2F%281%2B1%2F6%29%29
tan%28theta%29=abs%28%28-1%2F6%29%2F%287%2F6%29%29
tan%28theta%29=1%2F7
theta=8.13degrees