find all the tangents to the curve y = cos ( x+y ) ,-2pi≤x≤2pithat are parallel to the line x + 2y = 0
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Lokesh Verma
·2010-07-14 20:04:52
the slope is -1/2
dy/dx=-sin(x+y)[1+dy/dx]
dy/dx = -sin(x+y)/[1+sin(x+y)]
equating it to -1/2,
we get sin (x+y) +1 = 2sin (x+y)
sin (x+y) = 1
thus, cos (x+y)=0
so, y = 0
also sin (x+0)=1
Now you can proceed?