• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

Implicit Differentiation help! (1 Viewer)

Accuracy

Member
Joined
Sep 29, 2011
Messages
167
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Tangent at P(3,3/2) on a curve 3y+xy-3x=0 cuts x-axis at T. The ordinate PG meets the X axis at G. Show that:
i) OG^2 = 3OT
ii) area of <a href="http://www.codecogs.com/eqnedit.php?latex=\Delta" target="_blank"><img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\Delta" title="\Delta" /></a>PGT = 1/2OG^2 where O is the origin
 
Last edited:

Accuracy

Member
Joined
Sep 29, 2011
Messages
167
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
well i found the equation of the tangent and where it intercepts the x-axis finding T and then i tried finding G by getting the equation of the normal and where it intercepts x-axis but it doesn't match up with the required proof in i)
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top