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VCE 11 Methods 2023

10.02 Tangents and their equations

Interactive practice questions

Consider the curve $f\left(x\right)$f(x) drawn below along with $g\left(x\right)$g(x), which is a tangent to the curve.

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a

What are the coordinates of the point at which $g\left(x\right)$g(x) is a tangent to the curve $f\left(x\right)$f(x)?

Note that this point has integer coordinates. Give your answer in the form $\left(a,b\right)$(a,b).

b

What is the gradient of the tangent line?

c

Hence determine the equation of the line $y=g\left(x\right)$y=g(x).

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Consider the curve $f\left(x\right)$f(x) drawn below along with $g\left(x\right)$g(x), which is a tangent to the curve.

Easy
1min

Consider the curve $f\left(x\right)$f(x) drawn below along with $g\left(x\right)$g(x), which is a tangent to the curve.

Easy
1min

Consider the curve $f\left(x\right)$f(x) drawn below along with $g\left(x\right)$g(x), which is a tangent to the curve.

Easy
< 1min
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Outcomes

U1.AoS3.3

use of gradient of a tangent at a point on the graph of a function to describe and measure instantaneous rate of change of the function, including consideration of where the rate of change is positive, negative or zero, and the relationship of the gradient function to features of the graph of the original function.

U1.AoS3.5

use graphical, numerical and algebraic approaches to find an approximate value or the exact value (as appropriate) for the gradient of a secant or tangent to a curve at a given point

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