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CPP - SANKALP_AOD-01-PH-VI

CPP
APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES – SHEET - 1
Finding Equations of Tangents & Normals to Curves,
Length of tangent, length of normal, subtangent, subnormal

Level-1
1. Find equation of tangent to y = ex at x = 0.

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2. Find the equation of all straight lines which are tangent to curve y = and which are
x 1
parallel to the line x + y = 0.

3. Find equation of normal to the curve y = |x 2 – | x | | at x = – 2.

4. Find the equation of all possible normal/s to the parabola x 2 = 4y drawn from point (1, 2).

5. Find v alue of c such that line joining points (0, 3) and (5, – 2) becomes tangent to curv e
c
y= .
x 1

6. Tangent at P(2, 8) on the curve y = x 3 meets the curve again at Q. Find coordinates of Q.

7. Find the length of tangent for the curve y = x 3 + 3x 2 + 4x – 1 at point x = 0.

8. Prove that for the curve y = bex/a, the length of subtangent at any point is always constant.

9. Find the equation of normal to the curve x + y = xy, where it cuts the x-axis.

10. For the curve xy = c2, prove that the portion of the tangent intercepted between the coordinate axes is bisected
at the point of contact.
Level-2
1. Find the gradient of the line passing through the point (2, 8) and touching the curve y = x3.

2. The graph of a certain function f contains the point (0, 2) and has the property that for each number 'p' the
line tangent to y = f (x) at p, f (p)  intersect the x-axis at p + 2. Find f (x).

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3. The normal at the point P  2,  on the curve xy = 1, meets the curve again at Q. If m is the slope
 2
of the curve at Q, then find | m |.

4. Let C be the curve f (x) = ln2x + 2 ln x and Aa, f (a )  , Bb, f (b) where (a < b) are the points of
tangency of two tangents drawn from origin to the curve C.
(i) Find the value of the product ab.
(ii) Find the number of values of x satisfying the equation 5x f ' (x) – x ln 10 – 10 = 0.

5. If equation of tangent drawn to the curve y = f(x) at its point P(3, 5) is 5x – 4y + 5 = 0 and
2

Lim
3 4f ( x )

 2(1  3  32  .......  319 )  1
= 2 (a 3b ln c) 2
x 3 1  cosln (4  x ) 
where a and c are prime numbers and b  N, then find the value of (a + b + c).

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CPP - SANKALP_AOD-01-PH-VI

6. Find all the lines that pass through the point (1, 1) and are tangent to the curve represented parametrically as
x = 2t – t2 and y = t + t2.

7. A function is defined parametrically by the equations


1 1
 2t  t 2 sin if t  0  sin t 2 if t  0
f(t) = x =  t and g(t) = y =  t
 0 if t  0  0 if t  0
Find the equation of the tangent and normal at the point for t = 0 if it exists.

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8. The chord of the parabola y =  a2x2 + 5ax  4 touches the curve y = at the point x = 2 and is
1 x
bisected by that point. Find 'a'.

9. If the tangent at the point (x1, y1) to the curve x3 + y3 = a3 (a  0) meets the curve again in (x2, y2) then show
x y
that 2  2 =  1.
x1 y1

10. A curve is given by the equations x = at2 & y = at3. A variable pair of perpendicular lines through the origin
'O' meet the curve at P & Q. Show that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at P & Q is 4y2
= 3ax  a2.

ANSWER KEY (AOD – SHEET - 1)


Level-1
1. y=x+1 2. x + y + 1 = 0 and y + x = 3 3. 3y = x + 8 4. x + y = 3
5. 4
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6. (– 4, – 64) 7. 9. y = x – 1.
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Level-2
1. 12 2. 2e–x/2 3. 64 4. (i) 1, (ii) 2 5. 28
6. x = 1 when t = 1, m   5x – 4y = 1 if t  1 then t = 1/3 7. x – 2y = 0 ; N : 2x + y = 0
8. a = 1/4, 1

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