Angle of Inclination of a Line

The angle between a line and the x-axis. This angle is always between 0° and 180°, and is
measured counter clock wise from the part of the x-axis to the right of the line.

Note: All horizontal lines have angle of inclination 0°. All vertical lines have angle of
inclination 90°. Also, the slope of a line is given by the tangent of the angle of
inclination.

Theorem 1.4.3:

Rise

O Run A

In the above figure, if we take slope of the line , then it will become
m= …………………(i)

In the above figure, you can see that if we take tan , then it will become

Tan = ……………… (ii)

From (i) and (ii), we can equate the equations, so we have

m= tan