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Tangents and normals
Question

 The tangent to the curve y=ex drawn at the point c,ec intersects the  line joining the points c1,ec1 and c+1,ec+1

Moderate
Solution

 Equation of straight line joining Ac+1,ec+1 and Bc1,ec1 is yec+1=ec+1ec12(xc1)-----1

 Equation of tangent at c,ec is yec  =  ec(xc)----2

Subtracting (1) from (2),  we get

ec(e1)=ec(xc)12ee1(xc)+12ee112e+e11=(xc)112ee1xc=e+e122e+e1<0e+e1>2 and 2+e1e<0

x<c Thus the two lines meet to the left of x=c

 

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