Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 2 - Derivatives - Problems Plus - Problems - Page 201: 10

Answer

$c=-2.5$

Work Step by Step

The product of the slopes of the curves at their intersection point should be equal to $-1$: The slope of the first curve is $$y'=8x$$ Using the implicit differentiating, the slope of the second curve is: $$1=4yy' \to y'=\frac{1}{4y}$$ so: $$8x\cdot \frac{1}{4y}=-1$$ $$8x\cdot \frac{1}{4(4x^{2})}=-1$$ $$8x\cdot \frac{1}{4(4x^{2})}=-1 \to x=-\frac{1}{2}=-0.5$$ so the intersection point will be: $$(x=-0.5,y=4(-0.5)^{2}=1)$$ Both curves intersects if their $x$ and $y$ coordinates are equal: $x=c+2(4x^{2})^{2}$ $c=-0.5-2(4\cdot 0.25)^2=-2.5$
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