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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

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Examples:
1. Find the value of 𝑘 for which 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 𝑘 is a tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4.

2. Find the range of values of 𝑘 for which 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 5 intersects the curve


𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 at two distinct points.

3. Find the values of 𝑘 for which 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 − 3 does not intersect the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1.

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

4. Show that the line 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑞 will intersect the curve 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 2𝑦 2 = 3 in two distinct
points if 𝑞 2 < 2𝑞 + 5.

5. Find the values of the constant 𝑐 for which the line 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 𝑐 is a tangent to the curve
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𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 𝑥.

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

Exercise:

1. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the line 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 − 10 meets the curve 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 10𝑥.

2. Find the values of 𝑘 for which 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 + 2 is a tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 5.

3. Find the value of c such that the straight line whose equation is 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 𝑐 is tangential
to the curve with equation 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 5.

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

4. The line 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 𝑘 is a tangent to the curve 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑦 + 9 = 0.


a) Find the possible values of 𝑘

b) For each of these values of 𝑘, find the coordinates of the point of the contact of the tangent
with the curve.

5. Find m if the line 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 4𝑚2 intersects the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑚𝑥 + 9 in


a) 2 distinct points.

b) 1 point.

c) no point at all

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

6. If the line 𝑦 + 2𝑥 = 𝑝 does not intersect the curve 𝑦 2 = 𝑥 + 𝑝,


find the range of values of p.

7. For what range of values of c does the line 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑥 + 4 cut the curve 5𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 = 2
at 2 points?

8. Show that the line 𝑦 = 2𝑚𝑥 − 1 intersects the curve 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 𝑚 for


all non-zero values of m.

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

9. If the curve 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥(𝑥 + 2) meets the line 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 𝑘, find the range of values of k.
State the value of k for which the line is a tangent.

10. The curve 𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 1 cuts the line 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 𝑘 in two distinct points.


Find the set of values of k.

11. Given that the line 𝑦 = 𝑐 − 3𝑥 does not intersect the curve 𝑥𝑦 = 3,
find the range of values of c.

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

12. The line 𝑦 = 2𝑘 − 𝑥 does not intersect the curve 𝑦 = (𝑥 − 1)2 + 𝑘.


Find the range of values of k.

13. Given that the line 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 3 meets the curve 2𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑥 = 1,


find the range of values of m.

14. The line (𝑘 − 2)𝑦 = 3𝑥 meets the curve 𝑥𝑦 = 1 − 𝑥 at two distinct points.
Find the set of values of k. State also the values of k if the line is a tangent to the curve.

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M2 Additional Mathematics Year 10: Lesson 8 – Intersection of a Line and a Curve

15. Find the range of values of m for which the line 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 1 does not intersect
the curve 𝑦 2 = 8𝑥.

16. Find the sets of values of 𝑘 for which the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 4 and the line 𝑦 = 𝑘 − 2𝑥
cuts at two distinct points.

17. Find the sets of values of 𝑚 for which the line 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 − 3 does not meet
the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6.

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