A point A is taken on the parabola y = x 2 . Now at point A a normal is drawn which meets the parabola again at point B . Find the minimum value of length of A B . Give your answer to three decimal places.
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Since Length of chord is independent of reference frame So I Just Rotate This Parabola 90 degree in clockwise direction So it's equation becomes y 2 = x Now I used Standard Formulas To get Result Easily !
I agree with the coordinate of P 2 , but where do you get P 1 P 2 ??? The distance squared between two points (a,b) and (c,d) is ( a − c ) 2 + ( b − d ) 2 With this, I get 4 x 0 2 + 3 + 4 x 0 2 3 + 1 6 x 0 4 1 , which minimum point is at 2 ( 2 ) , giving 27/4
I think you need to change the words to " minimizing "
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W e t a k e a p o i n t P 1 = ( x 0 , x 0 2 ) o n t h e p a r a b o l a . T h e n s l o p e o f t a n g e n t i s = 2 x 0 H e n c e s l o p e o f n o r m a l i s 2 x 0 − 1 . S o e q u a t i o n o f n o r m a l i s ( x − x 0 ) = − 2 x 0 ( y − x 0 2 ) . S o l v i n g i t w i t h t h e p a r a b o l a w e g e t x = x 0 , − 2 x 0 1 − x 0 . S o t h e o t h e r p o i n t i s P 2 = ( − 2 x 0 1 − x 0 , ( − 2 x 0 1 − x 0 ) 2 ) S o P 1 P 2 = 4 x 0 2 ( 1 + 4 x 0 2 1 ) 3 . F o r m a x i m i s i n g P 1 P 2 w e w i l l m a x i m i s e t h e p a r t u n d e r t h e r a d i c a l . f ( x 0 ) = 4 x 0 2 ( 1 + 4 x 0 2 1 ) 3 . E q u a t i n g i t ′ s d e r i v a t i v e t o 0 w e g e t x 0 = ± 2 1 . P u t t h e v a l u e a n d w e g e t P 1 P 2 = 2 3 3 .