Gareth's copy of Differentiation 19 - Finding Tangent and Normal

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Created this as a copy of Differentiation 19 - Finding Tangent and Normal.

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Differentiation 19 - Finding Tangent and Normal	Has some problems	Katie Lester	13/11/2020 20:13
Gareth's copy of Differentiation 19 - Finding Tangent and Normal	draft	Gareth Woods	08/07/2016 11:14
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Find the following.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

a	list	[ 4, 2 ]
b	list	[ -5, 4 ]
c	list	[ -8, -4 ]
d	integer	-1

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repeat(random(2..4),2)

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Generated value: `list`

[ 4, 2 ]

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Part a) Gap-fill
1. Gap Gap 0. Mathematical expression
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2. Gap Gap 1. Number entry
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3. Gap Gap 2. Number entry
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4. Gap Gap 3. Mathematical expression
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Part b) Gap-fill
1. Gap Gap 0. Mathematical expression
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2. Gap Gap 1. Number entry
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3. Gap Gap 2. Number entry
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4. Gap Gap 3. Mathematical expression
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5. Gap Gap 4. Number entry
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Find an equation for the tangent to the curve $\simplify{y={a[0]}x^2+{b[0]}x+{c[0]}}$ at the point at which it crosses the y-axis.

$\frac{dy}{dx}=$ Gap 0.

Therefore, the gradient of the tangent at $x=0$ is Gap 1.

When $x=0$ , $y=$ Gap 2.

Hence, the equation for the tangent is:

So, $y=$ Gap 3.

Advice

The differentiate of a function gives the gradient of the original function at the point $x$ .

The tangent to a line is the gradient of the curve at the point, and the normal is the negative reciprocal of this value (the perpendicular line intersecting the curve).

The equation of a line can be found in many ways, but given a point and gradient for a straight line, two of the simple manipulations are:

Using $y=mx+c$ and substituting in to find $c$

Using $\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=m$ and rearranging.

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Gareth's copy of Differentiation 19 - Finding Tangent and Normal

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Taxonomy: mathcentre

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Gareth Woods 8 years, 8 months ago

Error in variable testing condition

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Generated value: list

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Gap-fill

Generated value: `list`