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Q.If the angle between the asymptotes is 30∘30^\circ then find its eccentricity of hyperbola.

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If 2θ2\theta is the angle between the asymptotes of a hyperbola, its eccentricity is e=sec⁡θe=\sec\theta; here 2θ=30∘2\theta=30^\circ gives e=sec⁡15∘=6−2e=\sec 15^\circ=\sqrt6-\sqrt2.

For x2a2−y2b2=1\dfrac{x^2}{a^2}-\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1, the asymptotes are y=±baxy=\pm\dfrac{b}{a}x. If 2θ2\theta is the angle between them (the angle containing the transverse axis), then tan⁡θ=ba\tan\theta=\dfrac{b}{a}.

Since e2=1+b2a2=1+tan⁡2θ=sec⁡2θe^2 = 1+\dfrac{b^2}{a^2} = 1+\tan^2\theta = \sec^2\theta, we get e=sec⁡θe=\sec\theta.

Given the angle between the asymptotes is 30∘30^\circ, so 2θ=30∘⇒θ=15∘2\theta=30^\circ \Rightarrow \theta=15^\circ.

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