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 Tangents and normals 
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Post Tangents and normals
Tangents are drawn to the curves x^2*y=1-y at the points where it is met by the curve x*y=1-y . The point of intersection of these tangents is :-




Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:51 am
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Post Re: Tangents and normals
Hmm...that's a though one...

Maybe if you form a system of equations like this:

x^2*y=1-y
x*y=1-y

I already solved it. The answer is: x = 1 and y = 1/2

Could that be the point (1, 1/2) you are looking for?

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Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:58 pm
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