Tangent and Normal

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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

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The equations of the normal to the curve  x=1cosθ:y=θsinθ at θ=π4  would be:

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The equation of a tangent to the curve y= 3x2 which is parallel to the line 4x2y+5=0 would be

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If the straight line xcosα+ysinα=p touches the curve xan+ybn=2 at the point a,b on it and 1a2+1b2=kp2 then k=

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The number of those tangents to the curve y2-2x3-4y+8=0 which pass through the point 1,2 is

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fx=ax4+bx3+cx2+dx+e, a0, is a function such that x=1, x=2 and x=3 are normals to the curve y=fx such that f2 is always greater than f0. If fx=e-a2-10a+12, has no real solutions, then the number of all possible integral values of a is

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The points on the curve y=23x3+12x2, where the tangents make equal angles with coordinate axes are

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The point on the curve x2+y2=a2, y0, a>0 at which the tangent is parallel to the x-axis, is

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If the relation p(subnormal length)=q(subtangent length)2 holds true for the curve by2= (x+a)3, then the value of pq=_________

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Find the coordinates of a point on the curve y=x2-3x+2, at which the tangent drawn to this curve is perpendicular to the line y=x.

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Find the area of the triangle formed by the x-axis and the tangent and the normal to the curve x2a2+y2b2=1 at the point a2, b2

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The sum of the lengths of the subtangent and the subnormal drawn at θ=π3 on the cycloid x=a(θ-sinθ); y=a(1-cosθ) is _________

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The point on the curve y=x3, at which the tangent to the curve is parallel to the x-axis, is _____

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If the tangent to the curve 2y3=ax2+x3 at the point (a,a) cuts off intercepts α and β on the co-ordinate axes, where α2+β2=61, then the value of |a| is ________

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The slope of the normal to the curve y=xx2+1 at x=-4 is

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If the parabola y=αx2-6x+β passes through the point 0, 2 and has its tangent at x=32 parallel to x axis, then

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Let Pasecθ,btanθ and Qasecϕ,btanϕ where θ+ϕ=π2, be two points on the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1. If h,k is the point of intersection of normals at P and Q, then k is equal to

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If the normal to the curve y=f(x) at the point ( 3,4 ) makes an angle 3π4 with the positive x-axis, then f (3) is equal to

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The tangent at the point(2,-2) to the curve, x2y2-2x=41-y does not pass through the point:

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Find the gradient of the following curve at the point where x=3,

g(x)=x2-3(x-1)5.

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Find the gradient of the following curve at the point where x=3,

y=xe2x[ Write approximate value correcting to only numerical value, use e6=403.428793]