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TiliK225 [7]
3 years ago
13

find the equations of the tangents to the curve y= x(x-1)(x+2) at the points where the curve cuts the x axis

Mathematics
1 answer:
antoniya [11.8K]3 years ago
7 0

First of all, we compute the points of interest, i.e. the points where the curve cuts the x axis: since the expression is already factored, we have

x(x-1)(x+2) = 0 \iff x=0\ \lor\ x-1=0\ \lor\ x+2=0

Which means that the roots are

x=0\ \lor\ x=1\ \lor\ x=-2

Next, we can expand the function definition:

y = x(x-1)(x+2) = x^3 + x^2 - 2x

In this form, it is much easier to compute the derivative:

y' = 3x^2+2x-2

If we evaluate the derivative in the points of interest, we have

y'(-2) = 6,\quad y'(0)=-2,\quad y'(1)=3

This means that we are looking for the equations of three lines, of which we know a point and the slope. The equation

y-y_0=m(x-x_0)

is what we need. The three lines are:

y-0=6(x+2) \iff y = 6x+12  This is the tangent at x = -2

y-0=-2(x-0) \iff y = -2x  This is the tangent at x = 0

y-0=3(x-1) \iff y = 3x-3  This is the tangent at x = 1

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