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Gradient of Tangent

This document contains two math problems about rates of change and gradients related to curves and lines. The first problem asks the reader to find the coordinates where the gradient of the normal for the curve y=(2x-5)^2 is 1/4. The second problem provides the equation of a straight line that is normal to a curve at a point A, and asks the reader to find the coordinates of A, the value of k, and the equation of the tangent line at A. It also contains a third problem that asks the reader to find the rate of change of x when x=2, given the equation relating x and y and that y increases at a constant rate.

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Gradient of Tangent

This document contains two math problems about rates of change and gradients related to curves and lines. The first problem asks the reader to find the coordinates where the gradient of the normal for the curve y=(2x-5)^2 is 1/4. The second problem provides the equation of a straight line that is normal to a curve at a point A, and asks the reader to find the coordinates of A, the value of k, and the equation of the tangent line at A. It also contains a third problem that asks the reader to find the rate of change of x when x=2, given the equation relating x and y and that y increases at a constant rate.

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GRADIENT OF TANGENT & NORMAL

SPM 1995.
1. Find the coordinates at the curve
y ( 2 x 5) 2 where the gradient of
the
normal for the curve is

1
.
4

SPM 2000
4.(a) The straight line 4 y x k is the
normal to the curve y 2 x 1 2 3 at
point A.
Find
(i)
the coordinates of point A
and the value of k
(ii)
the equation of the tangent at
point A
2. Two variables x and y are related by
the
equation y 3x

2
.
x

Given that y increases at a constant


rate of
4 units per second, find the rate of
change
of x when x = 2
[3m]
RATES OF CHANGE

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