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Grade 12th PassAnalytical Geometry

Two curves touch each other if the angle between the tangents to the curves at the point of intersection is 0o, in which case we will have, tan?1 = tan?2. how is that possible? give an example?

Profile image of sandeep pathak
15 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago

let f(x) and g(x) be the two curves. At the point of contact df(x)/dx =dg(x)/dx, example consider the curves f(x)=y=x2 and     g(x) =y=-x2, at the point x=y=zero f'(x)=2x = g'(x)=-2x =0,and the common tangent is the x-axis