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Given two Non Perpendicular lines $3x-4y+1=0$ and $12x+5y-3=0$

Find the equation of bisector containing the point $(1,2)$

My try:

Using the formula for angle bisectors we have:

$$\frac{3x-4y+1}{5}=\frac{12x+5y-3}{13}$$

$\implies$

The bisectors are:

$1.$ $3x+11y-4=0$ which is Obtuse angle bisector

$2.$ $11x-3y=\frac{2}{9}$ which is Acute angle bisector.

But how can we find Bisector containing $(1,2)$

From the graph we can see that the Black dot point $(1,2)$ is contained in the region of acute bisector. But i am unable to prove mathematically.

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Umesh shankar
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    The given point doesn’t lie on either bisector. Are you sure that you’ve reproduced the problem correctly here? – amd May 06 '19 at 19:42
  • containing the point does not mean the point should lie on it – Umesh shankar May 07 '19 at 03:03
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    Then what exactly does it mean? How can a line “contain” a point that doesn’t lie on the line? If you mean the bisector that lies in the same region of the plane as $(1,2)$, then that’s something else entirely, and is certainly not described by the phrase “bisector containing [the point]”. – amd May 07 '19 at 03:04
  • @amd please see the edit above – Umesh shankar May 07 '19 at 16:23

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The geometric considerations in this proof of the bisector formula suggest a solution. Specifically, given a line $\lambda x+\mu y+\tau = 0$ and a point $(x_0,y_0)$, the sign of $\lambda x_0+\mu y_0+\tau$ allows us to identify the half-plane in which the point lies relative to the normal $(\lambda,\mu)$ to the line.

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In the above diagram (reproduced from the referenced answer), we are given the lines $ax+by+c=0$ and $px+qy+r=0$, with respective normals $\mathbf n_1=(a,b)$ and $\mathbf n_2=(p,q)$. For a point $(x_0,y_0)$ in regions I and III, the signs of $ax+by+c$ and $px+qy+r$ are the same, whereas for points in regions II and IV they are different. That is, if the product of the signs of those two expressions is positive, the point is in an odd-numbered region and if it’s negative, the point is in an even-numbered region. The same pattern of signs applies to an arbitrary point $(x,y)$ on either bisector (other than the intersection of the given lines), leading to the identity $$\operatorname{sgn}(ax_0+by_0+c)\operatorname{sgn}(px_0+qy_0+r) = \operatorname{sgn}(ax+by+c)\operatorname{sgn}(px+qy+r).$$ Each of the terms in this identity is equal to $\pm1$, so this can be rearranged into $$\operatorname{sgn}(px_0+qy_0+r)\operatorname{sgn}(ax+by+c) = \operatorname{sgn}(ax_0+by_0+c)\operatorname{sgn}(px+qy+r).$$ Points on an angle bisector of two lines are distinguished by being at the same distance from each line, so we multiply both sides of the above identity by this distance and simplify to obtain

$$\operatorname{sgn}{(px_0+qy_0+r)}{ax+by+c\over\sqrt{a^2+b^2}} = \operatorname{sgn}(ax_0+by_0+c){px+qy+r\over\sqrt{p^2+q^2}}. \tag{*}$$

Applying this to the problem at hand, an equation of the bisector that passes through the same region as $(1,2)$ is $$\operatorname{sgn}(12\cdot1+5\cdot2-3){3x-4y+1\over 5} = \operatorname{sgn}(3\cdot1-4\cdot2+1){12x+5y-3\over13},$$ which can be simplified and rearranged into $99x-27y-2=0$.

amd
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Hint: find where the point is located by substituting in equation of each line. Then take a random point on each bisector and note its position similarly. Find the required bisector.