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Hi, could someone help me with this question please?

I worked out the coordinate as (2,27)
Differentiated to get y =10x
Not sure what to do now.
Answer is y = 20x - 13

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Original post by subbhy
Hi, could someone help me with this question please?

I worked out the coordinate as (2,27)
Differentiated to get y =10x
Not sure what to do now.
Answer is y = 20x - 13

84FD5E96-E824-46EA-AB5D-C4AD5A005F06.jpg.jpeg


As its just a parabola, you could sketch the curve/tangent line and that may help you think about out, but the tangent is a line so you need the gradient "m" (at the tangent point) and a point (maybe the tangent point) on the line to get "c" ...
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Reply 2
Original post by mqb2766
As its just a parabola, you could sketch the curve/tangent line and that may help you think about out, but the tangent is a line so you need the gradient "m" (at the tangent point) and a point (maybe the tangent point) on the line to get "c" ...


sorry, not sure what you mean. Don’t I have to differentiate?
Reply 3
Original post by subbhy
sorry, not sure what you mean. Don’t I have to differentiate?


To get the gradient of the line then yes. What do you understand about a tangent?
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Original post by subbhy
Hi, could someone help me with this question please?

I worked out the coordinate as (2,27)
Differentiated to get y =10x
Not sure what to do now.
Answer is y = 20x - 13

84FD5E96-E824-46EA-AB5D-C4AD5A005F06.jpg.jpeg

After differentiating, write dy/dx =10x NOT y=...
The tangent is the line touching the curve at the pt (2, 27). The gradient of this line is equal to the value of dy/dx when x=2... so you can calculate this gradient, m. Then find the line with this gradient passing through (2, 27).

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