There are two lines which are both tangent and normal to the curve .
One of the tangents is tangent to the curve at and is normal to the curve at and the other tangent is tangent to the curve at and is normal to the curve at .
If the area bounded by the curve and the line segments and can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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Let y = t 3 − 1 ⟹ x = t 2 + 1 ⟹ d x d y ∣ ( t = t 1 ) = 2 3 t 1 ⟹ the tangent line to the curve at ( x ( t 1 ) , y ( t 1 ) ) is: y − ( t 1 3 − 1 ) = 2 3 t 1 ( x − ( t 1 2 + 1 ) )
Let the line be normal to the curve at ( x ( t 2 ) , y ( t 2 ) ) ⟹ ( t 2 − t 1 ) ( t 2 2 + t 1 t 2 + t 1 2 ) = 2 3 t 1 ( t 2 − t 1 ) ( t 2 + t 1 ) ⟹ 2 1 ( t 2 − t 1 ) ( 2 t 2 2 − t 1 t 2 − t 1 2 ) = 0 t 1 = t 2 ⟹ t 2 = − 2 t 1
Since the tangent is also normal to the curve at ( x ( t 2 ) , y ( t 2 ) ) ⟹ 4 9 t 1 t 2 = − 1 ⟹ 8 9 t 1 2 = 1 ⟹ t 1 = ± 3 2 2 ⟹ the two slopes are ± 2 .
B : ( 9 1 7 , 2 7 1 6 2 − 2 7 )
F : ( 9 1 1 , 2 7 2 2 − 2 7 )
For the segment B F and the curve y = ( x − 1 ) 2 3 − 1
m B F = 9 7 2 ⟹ y = 8 1 6 3 2 x − 7 1 2 − 8 1 .
Let f ( x ) = 8 1 6 3 2 x − 7 1 2 − 8 1 and g ( x ) = ( x − 1 ) 2 3 − 1
By symmetry the area A = 2 ∫ 9 1 1 9 1 7 f ( x ) − g ( x ) d x = 2 ∫ 9 1 1 9 1 7 9 7 2 x − 8 1 7 1 2 − ( x − 1 ) 2 3 d x =
2 ( 1 8 7 2 x 2 − 8 1 7 1 2 x − 5 2 ( x − 1 ) 2 5 ) ∣ 9 1 1 9 1 7 = 1 2 1 5 4 4 2 = λ α α β α = 1 2 1 5 2 2 ∗ 1 1 ∗ 2 ⟹ α + β + λ = 1 2 2 8