Find the equations of the tangents to the curve $x^2 + y^2 - 2x - 4y + 1 = 0$ which are parallel to the X-axis.

Find the equations of the tangents to the curve x² – Class 12 Mathematics

Exercise 2.1 · Q10

x^2 + y^2 - 2x - 4y + 1 = 0

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Given $x^2+y^2-2x-4y+1=0$ (a circle). Differentiating implicitly: $2x+2y\dfrac{dy}{dx}-2-4\dfrac{dy}{dx}=0 \Rightarrow \dfrac{dy}{dx}(2y-4)=2-2x \Rightarrow \dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1-x}{y-2}$ .

For a tangent parallel to the X-axis, slope $=0$ : $\dfrac{1-x}{y-2}=0 \Rightarrow x=1$ .

Substituting $x=1$ into the curve: $1+y^2-2-4y+1=0 \Rightarrow y^2-4y=0 \Rightarrow y(y-4)=0 \Rightarrow y=0$ or $y=4$ . …

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CBSE 2026Set A1 markMCQ
$y = x^2 + 4x + 1$
(a) $x + 10y = 8$
(b) $10x + y = 8$
(c) $10x - y = 8$
(d) $x - 10y = 8$
›Reveal solutionSolution

The tangent at $x=3$ is $10x - y = 8$ .

Given $y = x^2+4x+1$ . The slope is

$\frac{dy}{dx} = 2x+4.$

At $x=3$ : slope $= 2(3)+4 = 10$ , and $y = 9+12+1 = 22$ , so the point is $(3,22)$ .

Equation of the tangent: …

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CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 markMCQ
$y^2 = 4ax$
(a) $t$
(b) $\dfrac{2}{t}$
(c) $\dfrac{1}{t}$
(d) None of these
›Reveal solutionSolution

Use parametric differentiation: $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{dy/dt}{dx/dt}$ .

For $y^2=4ax$ , the point $(at^2,2at)$ satisfies $x=at^2$ , $y=2at$ .

$\dfrac{dx}{dt}=2at$ , $\dfrac{dy}{dt}=2a$

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CBSE 2019Set ANNUAL1 mark
$y = x^3 - x$
›Reveal solutionSolution

The slope of the tangent at a point equals $\dfrac{dy}{dx}$ evaluated at that point.

Given $y = x^3 - x$

$\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 3x^2 - 1$

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CBSE 2018Set ANNUAL1 markMCQ
$x = a\cos^3\theta$
(a) $1$
(b) $2$
(c) $-1$
(d) None of these
›Reveal solutionSolution

Find $dy/dx$ for the parametric curve and evaluate at $\theta=\pi/4$ .

$x = a\cos^3\theta \Rightarrow \dfrac{dx}{d\theta} = -3a\cos^2\theta\sin\theta$ .

$y = a\sin^3\theta \Rightarrow \dfrac{dy}{d\theta} = 3a\sin^2\theta\cos\theta$ .

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CBSE 2017Set ANNUAL1 markMCQ
$y = x^3 - 11x + 5$
(a) $(-2, 0)$
(b) $(3, 7)$
(c) $(0, 2)$
(d) $(2, -9)$
›Reveal solutionSolution

Matching the curve's slope to the tangent's slope $1$ gives the point $(2,-9)$ .

$y=x^3-11x+5\Rightarrow \dfrac{dy}{dx}=3x^2-11$ . The tangent line $y=x-11$ has slope $1$ , so $3x^2-11=1\Rightarrow x^2=4\Rightarrow x=\pm2$ .

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Q.Find the equations of the tangents to the curve x2+y2−2x−4y+1=0x^2 + y^2 - 2x - 4y + 1 = 0x2+y2−2x−4y+1=0 which are parallel to the X-axis.

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