Limit of a point on a curve

Calculus Level 5

For each positive integer n n ,consider the point P P ,with x \displaystyle{x} -coordinate n n on the curve y 2 x 2 = 1 \displaystyle{y^2 - x^2 = 1} .If d n \displaystyle{d_n} represents the shortest distance from point P to the line y = x \displaystyle{y=x} ,then find lim n ( n d n ) \displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty } (n \cdot d_n) .

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The answer is 0.35355.

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Abhishek Singh
Nov 1, 2014

Consider the point P ( n , n 2 + 1 ) \displaystyle{ P(n,\sqrt{n^2 +1}) } on the curve.Let the vertical line x = n \displaystyle{x=n} and y = x \displaystyle{y=x} intersect at Q ( n , n ) \displaystyle{Q(n,n)} . Now Δ O N Q Δ P M Q \Delta ONQ \sim \Delta PMQ . N f o o t o f f r o m P o n x a x i s N \rightarrow \mathcal{foot \quad of \perp from \quad P \quad on} x-axis M f o o t o f f r o m P o n y = x M \rightarrow \mathcal{foot \quad of \perp from \quad P \quad on} y=x d n n = n 2 + 1 n n 2 \Rightarrow \dfrac{d_n}{n} = \dfrac{\sqrt{n^2 +1} - n}{n \sqrt{2}} So lim n ( n d n ) = lim n 1 2 × ( 1 + 1 + 1 n 2 ) = 1 2 2 = 0.354 \lim_{n \to \infty} (n \cdot d_n)=\lim_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \times \Bigg( 1+ \sqrt{1+ \dfrac{1}{n^2}}\Bigg) = \dfrac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}} = \boxed{0.354}

Can some one help me with spacing please !

Abhishek Singh - 6 years, 7 months ago

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When you are putting latex brackets inside text , to put a space between them just enter \quad between every word.

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 7 months ago

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As opposed to using \quad to force a space, instead type words as \text{ XX}. this allows your words to be displayed as words, instead of being italicized.

For example, N \rightarrow \text{ foot of } \perp \text{ from ... } produces

N foot of from ... N \rightarrow \text{ foot of } \perp \text{ from ... }

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 7 months ago

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