Tangent and Normal

• Show that the portion of the tangent to the

curve x2/3 +y2/3 =a2/3 which is intercepted of
between the axes is of constant length and
find the area of portion , included between
the axes and the tangent
• Prove that the xcosα +ysin α=p should touch xm yn =am+n
• is pm+n mm nn =(m+n)m+n am+n sinn α cosn α
Sol Differentiating w.r.t x
𝑑𝑦 𝑚 𝑦
=-
𝑑𝑥 𝑛𝑥
Equation
𝑚𝑦
Y-y= - (X-x)
𝑛𝑥
myX+nxY=(m+n)xy
Xcosα +Ysin α=p

𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑥 𝑚+𝑛 𝑥𝑦 𝑚𝑝 𝑛𝑝
= = i.e x= y=
cosα sinα p (m+n)cosα (m+n)sinα

xm yn =am+n
𝑚 𝑛
𝑚𝑝 𝑛𝑝
= am+n
(m+n)cosα (m+n)sinα
 𝑥𝑚 𝑦𝑚
• If p=xcosα + ysinα touches the curve + =1
𝑎𝑚 𝑏𝑚
𝑚 𝑚 𝑚
• Prove that 𝑝 𝑚−1 = (𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑠α) 𝑚−1 + (𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑛α) 𝑚−1
 Length of Tangent,Subtangent, Normal,Subnormal,

𝑦
• Sub tangent=
𝑦1
• Sub Normal=y 𝑦1
𝑦 2
• Tangent= 1 + 𝑦1
𝑦1

• Normal=y 1 + 𝑦1 2
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