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I have completed part a of this question but I'm stuck on part b. Can anyone help me with this part?
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Original post by A4M1NA
I have completed part a of this question but I'm stuck on part b. Can anyone help me with this part?

Attach the question
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Original post by BankaiGintoki

Attach the question


How do I attach an image?
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Original post by A4M1NA
How do I attach an image?

idk ab that, i use a laptop... but if you can type out the question?
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Original post by eenie_49

idk ab that, i use a laptop... but if you can type out the question?


There’s a diagram on the question
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Original post by A4M1NA
There’s a diagram on the question

oh um.... did you get it from a website? is there a link?
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Original post by A4M1NA
How do I attach an image?

um try looking at this thread?? https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1722634
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Original post by eenie_49
oh um.... did you get it from a website? is there a link?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5522/1YhwO8.jpg
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I'm struggling with part b of this question
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if the tangent is at 45 degrees, whats the gradient at those points?
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Original post by mqb2766
if the tangent is at 45 degrees, whats the gradient at those points?


-1
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Original post by A4M1NA
-1


So sub it in to the gradient equation and get a relationship for y in terms of x, then sub that into the equation of the ellipse and solve for x (and then y)
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Original post by mqb2766


So sub it in to the gradient equation and get a relationship for y in terms of x, then sub that into the equation of the ellipse and solve for x (and then y)


I managed to do part B. For the coordinates of A(-2root10, -root10) and B(2root10, root10)
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Original post by A4M1NA
I managed to do part B. For the coordinates of A(-2root10, -root10) and B(2root10, root10)

Not worked it through, but looks plausible and easy enough to verify by subbing back in.
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Original post by mqb2766

Not worked it through, but looks plausible and easy enough to verify by subbing back in.


:smile: okay thanks. For part C would I just use the formula for distance between two points
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Original post by A4M1NA
:smile: okay thanks. For part C would I just use the formula for distance between two points


Looks like it. The "hence ..." and 2 marks is about right for pythagoras.
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Original post by mqb2766


Looks like it. The "hence ..." and 2 marks is about right for pythagoras.


Thank youuu
Original post by A4M1NA
I have completed part a of this question but I'm stuck on part b. Can anyone help me with this part?

Since part a) was a show that question, you will need to use that for part b).
Points A and B are the points of inflection. Points of inflection are defined as ‘curve changing from concave to convex, and when second differential is zero’.
So you: differentiate again, set it equal to 0 and find the x coordinates. Proof it is a point of inflection by substituting numbers into the second differential just below and just above the x values. You should get a positive (convex) and negative (concave) values. Than find the y values.
Original post by BankaiGintoki
Since part a) was a show that question, you will need to use that for part b).
Points A and B are the points of inflection. Points of inflection are defined as ‘curve changing from concave to convex, and when second differential is zero’.
So you: differentiate again, set it equal to 0 and find the x coordinates. Proof it is a point of inflection by substituting numbers into the second differential just below and just above the x values. You should get a positive (convex) and negative (concave) values. Than find the y values.

Just catching up with this thread and have a few observations on your post.

* There's no reason to suppose that points A and B correspond to points of inflection;
* Just looking at the given graph you can see there's no change of convexity near points A and B;
* I don't believe there are any points on the curve where the second derivative with respect to x is zero.

What the question is asking you to do is find points on the curve where the tangential gradient is equal to -1 (corresponding to the 45deg slope shown on the given diagram).

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