Consider a straight line that makes an angle of with the positive direction of the…

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · A Level · Mathematics · Coordinate geometry in the (x y) plane · Coordinate geometry in the (x y) plane

Problem

Consider a straight line that makes an angle of

30^{\circ}

with the positive direction of the

x

–axis and passes through the point

(-2,1)

. (i) Find the slope of the line. (ii) Using the result of part (i), obtain the equation of the line in slope–intercept form.