Find the angle (in degrees) of intersection of the curves
{ x 3 − 3 x y 2 3 y x 2 − y 3 = a = b .
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And how can you deduce that they cut each other at right angle just because it multiplies to -1?
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That's a property of slopes. And derivatives are nothing but slopes.
Let the point of intersection of given curves be (h, k)
m 1 = 2 h k h 2 − k 2
m 2 = k 2 − h 2 2 h k
m 1 × m 2 = − 1
How do we prove that the curves intersect?
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Differentiating x 3 − 3 x y 2 = a w.r.t. x , we obtain :
3 x 2 − 3 ( x . 2 y . d x d y + 1 . y 2 ) = 0
⟹ x 2 − y 2 − 2 . x . y . d x d y = 0
therefore, d x d y = 2 . x . y x 2 − y 2 _ _ ( 1 )
Now, differentiating 3 y x 2 − y 3 = b w.r.t. x , we get :
3 ( 2 x y + x 2 . d x d y ) − 3 y 2 . d x d y = 0
⟹ ( x 2 − y 2 ) . d x d y + 2 . x . y = 0
therefore, d x d y = − x 2 − y 2 2 . x . y _ _ ( 2 )
Let the two curves intersect at point P(r,s) ,
From ( 1 ) at P :
( d x d y ) 1 = 2 . r . s r 2 − s 2 for curve ( 1 )
From ( 2 ) at P:
( d x d y ) 2 = − r 2 − s 2 2 . r . s for curve ( 2 )
Since ( d x d y ) 1 . ( d x d y ) 2 = − 1
Therefore the curves x 3 − 3 x y 2 = a and 3 y x 2 − y 3 = b cut each other at right angle.
We can say both the curves are orthogonal .