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Question Number 83262 by peter frank last updated on 29/Feb/20

Answered by mr W last updated on 29/Feb/20

curve 1: x^2 +4y^2 =8   ...(i)  curve 2: x^2 −2y^2 =4   ...(ii)  intersection:  (i)−(ii):  6y^2 =4 ⇒y=±(2/(√6))  (i)+(ii)×2:  3x^2 =16 ⇒x=±(4/(√3))  tangent of curve 1 at intersection:  2x+8yy′=0  ⇒tan θ_1 =y′=−(1/4)((x/y))=−(1/4)(±2(√2))=∓((√2)/2)  tangent of curve 2 at intersection:  2x−4yy′=0  ⇒tan θ_2 =y′=(1/2)((x/y))=(1/2)(±2(√2))=±(√2)  tan (θ_2 −θ_1 )=((±(√2)−(∓((√2)/2)))/(1+(±(√2))(∓((√2)/2))))=±∞  ∣θ_2 −θ_1 ∣=(π/2)

$${curve}\:\mathrm{1}:\:{x}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{4}{y}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{8}\:\:\:...\left({i}\right) \\ $$$${curve}\:\mathrm{2}:\:{x}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{2}{y}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{4}\:\:\:...\left({ii}\right) \\ $$$${intersection}: \\ $$$$\left({i}\right)−\left({ii}\right): \\ $$$$\mathrm{6}{y}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{4}\:\Rightarrow{y}=\pm\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{6}}} \\ $$$$\left({i}\right)+\left({ii}\right)×\mathrm{2}: \\ $$$$\mathrm{3}{x}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{16}\:\Rightarrow{x}=\pm\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}} \\ $$$${tangent}\:{of}\:{curve}\:\mathrm{1}\:{at}\:{intersection}: \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{x}+\mathrm{8}{yy}'=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\mathrm{tan}\:\theta_{\mathrm{1}} ={y}'=−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}\left(\frac{{x}}{{y}}\right)=−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}\left(\pm\mathrm{2}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\right)=\mp\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${tangent}\:{of}\:{curve}\:\mathrm{2}\:{at}\:{intersection}: \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{x}−\mathrm{4}{yy}'=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\mathrm{tan}\:\theta_{\mathrm{2}} ={y}'=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left(\frac{{x}}{{y}}\right)=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left(\pm\mathrm{2}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\right)=\pm\sqrt{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\left(\theta_{\mathrm{2}} −\theta_{\mathrm{1}} \right)=\frac{\pm\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}−\left(\mp\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)}{\mathrm{1}+\left(\pm\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\right)\left(\mp\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)}=\pm\infty \\ $$$$\mid\theta_{\mathrm{2}} −\theta_{\mathrm{1}} \mid=\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$

Commented by peter frank last updated on 29/Feb/20

thank you

$${thank}\:{you} \\ $$

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