ATAR Notes: Forum
HSC Stuff => HSC Maths Stuff => HSC Subjects + Help => HSC Mathematics Advanced => Topic started by: Keerit on February 13, 2017, 09:15:03 pm
-
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170213/92a6fc249f215a36c38509084fffc81d.jpg)
Both b & c please!
Mod Edit: Merged your triple post.
-
![](https://archive.atarnotes.com/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\text{From a) the point of intersection is at }(1,0))
![](https://archive.atarnotes.com/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\text{It is easy to find the tangent of }y=\ln x\text{ at }(1,0)\\ \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{x}=1\text{ when }x=1\\ \text{So the equation of the tangent is just }y-0=1(x-1)\\ \text{i.e. }y=x-1)
![](https://archive.atarnotes.com/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\text{As for }y=\log_{10}x\text{, we will have to use the change of base rule:}\\ \begin{align*}y&=\frac{\ln x}{\ln 10}\\ \implies \frac{dy}{dx}&=\frac{1}{x\ln 10}\end{align*})
![](https://archive.atarnotes.com/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\text{When }x=1\text{, we have }\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{\ln 10}\\ \text{So the equation of the tangent to this curve will be}\\ y=\frac{1}{\ln 10}(x-1))
______________________________
![](https://archive.atarnotes.com/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?\text{The }y\text{-intercept occurs when }x=0\\ \text{So for }X:\quad y=-1\\ \text{And for }Y:\quad y=-\frac{1}{\ln 10})