Tangent and Normal
Tangent and Normal: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Tangents and Normals, Geometrical Meaning of Derivative of a Function, Subnormal to a Curve & Length of Subnormal etc.
Important Questions on Tangent and Normal
The equations of the normal to the curve at would be:

The equation of a tangent to the curve which is parallel to the line would be

If the straight line touches the curve at the point on it and then

The number of those tangents to the curve which pass through the point is

, is a function such that and are normals to the curve such that is always greater than . If , has no real solutions, then the number of all possible integral values of is

The points on the curve , where the tangents make equal angles with coordinate axes are

The point on the curve at which the tangent is parallel to the -axis, is

If the relation (subnormal length) holds true for the curve then the value of _________

Find the coordinates of a point on the curve at which the tangent drawn to this curve is perpendicular to the line

Find the area of the triangle formed by the -axis and the tangent and the normal to the curve at the point

The sum of the lengths of the subtangent and the subnormal drawn at on the cycloid is

The point on the curve at which the tangent to the curve is parallel to the -axis, is _____

If the tangent to the curve at the point cuts off intercepts and on the co-ordinate axes, where then the value of is

The slope of the normal to the curve at is

If the parabola passes through the point and has its tangent at parallel to axis, then

Let and where be two points on the hyperbola If is the point of intersection of normals at and then is equal to

If the normal to the curve at the point makes an angle with the positive -axis, then is equal to

The tangent at the point to the curve, does not pass through the point:

Find the gradient of the following curve at the point where ,
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Find the gradient of the following curve at the point where ,
[ Write approximate value correcting to only numerical value, use ]
