Tangent and Normal

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Tangent and Normal: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Tangents and Normals, Normal to a Curve, Angle of Intersection of Two Curves, Intersection of Two Curves, Slopes of Normal at a Point on a Curve y=f(x) and, Equations of Tangent at a Point on a Curve y=f(x)

Important Questions on Tangent and Normal

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Show that the curves x=y2 and xy=k cut at right angles, if 8k2=1.

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Show that the condition that the curves ax2+by2=1 and a'x2+b'y2=1 should intersect orthogonally is that 1a1b=1a'1b'.

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The equation of the tangent to the curve f (x)=1-ex2 at the point of intersection with the y-axis, is

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Find the equation of the tangent to the curve

x=aθ+sinθ, y=a1+cosθ at θ=π2

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Find the equation of tangent and normal to the curve at the indicated point on it.

2x2+3y2-5=0 at 1,1

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Find the equations of tangent and normal to the curves at the indicated point on it.

y=x2+4x+1 at -1,-2

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The equation of the tangent to the curve y=x2-2x+7 which is perpendicular to the line 5y-15x=13 is

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Find the equation of the normal to the curve y=x-3 which is parallel to the line 6x+3y-4=0

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Find the equations of the tangent and the  normal to the following curves.

y=x3-x2-1 at the point whose abscissa is -2

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the following curves.

x=a sec θ, y=a tan θ at θ=π6

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the following curve.

x=1t, y=t-1t at t=2

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the following curve.

y=2sin2x+π4 at x=π4

 

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the following curve.

x-y=1 at P9,4

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the following curve.

y=x2+4x at the point whose ordinate is -3

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the following curve.

xy=c2 at ct,ct where t is a parameter

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Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the curve x2+y2+xy=3 at P1,1

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The points on the curve 9y2=x3, where the normal to the curve makes equal intercepts with the axes are

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Coordinates of a point on the curve y=xlogx at which the normal is parallel to the line 2x-2y=3, are

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The normal at the point 1,1 on the curve 2y+x2=3 is

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The normal to the curve x2=4y passing through 1,2 is