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Aleksandr-060686 [28]
3 years ago
8

Consider the circle of radius 5 centered at (0, 0). Find an equation of the line tangent to the circle at the point (3, 4) in sl

ope intercept form.

Mathematics
1 answer:
Wittaler [7]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

\displaystyle y= -\frac{3}{4} x + \frac{25}{4}.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation of a circle of radius 5 centered at (0,0) is:

x^{2} + y^{2} = 5^{2}.

x^{2} + y^{2} = 25.

Differentiate implicitly with respect to x to find the slope of tangents to this circle.

\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}[x^{2} + y^{2}] = \frac{d}{dx}[25]

\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}(x^{2}) + \frac{d}{dx}(y^{2}) = 0.

Apply the power rule and the chain rule. Treat y as a function of x, f(x).

\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}(x^{2}) + \frac{d}{dx}(f(x))^{2} = 0.

\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}(2x) + \frac{d}{dx}(2f(x)\cdot f^{\prime}(x)) = 0.

That is:

\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}(2x) + \frac{d}{dx}\left(2y \cdot \frac{dy}{dx}\right) = 0.

Solve this equation for \displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}:

\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{x}{y}.

The slope of the tangent to this circle at point (3, 4) will thus equal

\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{3}{4}.

Apply the slope-point of a line in a cartesian plane:

y - y_0 = m(x - x_0), where

  • m is the gradient of this line, and
  • (x_0, y_0) are the coordinates of a point on that line.

For the tangent line in this question:

  • \displaystyle m = -\frac{3}{4},
  • (x_0, y_0) = (3, 4).

The equation of this tangent line will thus be:

\displaystyle y - 4 = -\frac{3}{4} (x - 3).

That simplifies to

\displaystyle y= -\frac{3}{4} x + \frac{25}{4}.

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