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Finding Tangents to a Parabola

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Finding the area of a circle
Finding the equations of tangents from a point outside a parabola
Calculating the volume of a sphere
Determining the slope of a line
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What mathematical concept is primarily used to find tangents?
Addition
Integration
Multiplication
Differentiation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is the point-gradient form important in this problem?
It represents every possible line through a point
It is used to calculate the volume of a cylinder
It determines the circumference of a circle
It helps in finding the area of a triangle
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of equation is solved to find the gradients of the tangents?
Quadratic equation
Exponential equation
Cubic equation
Linear equation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What condition must be met for a line to be tangent to a parabola?
The line must intersect the parabola at exactly one point
The line must not intersect the parabola
The line must intersect the parabola at two points
The line must be parallel to the parabola
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the role of the discriminant in finding tangents?
It calculates the area under the tangent
It helps in finding the midpoint of the tangent
It ensures the quadratic equation has one solution
It determines the length of the tangent
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the two gradients found for the tangents?
-1 and 0
0 and 1
-1/3 and 1
1 and 2
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