If the angle between two lines is $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and the slope of one of the lines is $\frac{1}{2},$ find the slope of the other line.

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(N/A) We know that the acute angle $\theta$ between two lines with slopes $m_{1}$ and $m_{2}$ is given by $\tan \theta = \left| \frac{m_{2} - m_{1}}{1 + m_{1}m_{2}} \right| \dots (1)$
Let $m_{1} = \frac{1}{2},$ $m_{2} = m,$ and $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}.$
Now,substituting these values in $(1),$ we get
$\tan \frac{\pi}{4} = \left| \frac{m - \frac{1}{2}}{1 + \frac{1}{2}m} \right| \implies 1 = \left| \frac{m - \frac{1}{2}}{1 + \frac{1}{2}m} \right|.$
This gives two cases:
Case $1: \frac{m - \frac{1}{2}}{1 + \frac{1}{2}m} = 1 \implies m - \frac{1}{2} = 1 + \frac{1}{2}m \implies \frac{1}{2}m = \frac{3}{2} \implies m = 3.$
Case $2: \frac{m - \frac{1}{2}}{1 + \frac{1}{2}m} = -1 \implies m - \frac{1}{2} = -1 - \frac{1}{2}m \implies \frac{3}{2}m = -\frac{1}{2} \implies m = -\frac{1}{3}.$
Hence,the slope of the other line is $3$ or $-\frac{1}{3}.$

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