Practicing Success
A point on the parabola $y^2=18 x$ at which the ordinate increases at twice the rate of the abscissa, is |
$(9 / 8,9 / 2)$ $(2,-4)$ $(-9 / 8,9 / 2)$ $(2,4)$ |
$(9 / 8,9 / 2)$ |
We have, $ y^2=18 x $ $\Rightarrow 2 y \frac{d y}{d t}=18 \frac{d x}{d t}$ $\Rightarrow 2 y \times 2 \frac{d x}{d t}=18 \frac{d x}{d t}$ $\left[∵ \frac{d y}{d t}=2 \frac{d x}{d t}\right]$ $\Rightarrow 4 y=18 \Rightarrow y=\frac{9}{2}$ When $y=\frac{9}{2}$, we have $\left(\frac{9}{2}\right)^2=18 x \Rightarrow x=\frac{9}{8}$ Hence, the required point is $(9 / 8,9 / 2)$ |