Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Find all points (x, y) on the graph of y=x/(x-7) with tangent lines perpendicular to the line y=7x-2

The slope of a tangent to a curve y at any point is given
by the value of the derivative of the curve at that
point.


We have y = x/(x -
7)


y'= -7/(x - 7)^2


The line y
= 7x - 2 has a slope of 7. All line perpendicular to this have a slope of
-1/7.


y' = -7/(x - 7)^2 =
-1/7


=> (x - 7)^2 =
49


=> x - 7 = 7 and x - 7 =
-7


=> x = 14 and x =
0


y = 2 and y =
0


The points on the curve where the slope is
perpendicular to y = 7x - 2 are (14, 2) and
(0,0).

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