If the angle between y^2=4x and y=e^(-x/2) is pi/n radians , find n.
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
The above curves intersect in the first quadrant of the xy-plane at 2 x = e − x / 2 ⇒ x ≈ 0 . 2 0 3 8 8 8 . The angle between the two curves is just the sum of the angles their respective tangents make with the x-axis. These are found by computing the slopes at their common intersection point:
d x d 2 x = x 1 ∣ x = 0 . 2 0 3 8 8 8 = 2 . 2 1 4 6 5 and θ 1 = a r c t a n ( 2 . 2 1 4 6 5 ) = 6 5 . 7 degrees
d x d e − x / 2 = − 2 1 e − x / 2 ∣ x = 0 . 2 0 3 8 8 8 = − 0 . 4 5 1 5 4 and θ 2 = a r c t a n ( 0 . 4 5 1 5 4 ) = 2 4 . 3 degrees
Hence, θ 1 + θ 2 = 9 0 degrees, or 2 π radians.