2021 Fall AMC 12A Problems/Problem 13

Problem 13

The angle bisector of the acute angle formed at the origin by the graphs of the lines $y = x$ and $y=3x$ has equation $y=kx.$ What is $k?$

$\textbf{(A)} \: \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \: \frac{1+\sqrt{7}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \: \frac{2+\sqrt{3}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \: 2\qquad \textbf{(E)} \: \frac{2+\sqrt{5}}{2}$

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2021 Fall AMC 12A Problems/Problem 13

Problem 13

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