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JEE Main 2023Application Of Derivatives Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

Question

Let the quadratic curve passing through the point and touching the line at be . Then the -intercept of the normal to the curve at the point in the first quadrant is __________.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 11
Correct answer
11

Step-by-step explanation

Let the quadratic curve be

The curve passes through

..........(i)

The curve also passes through





Slope tangent of curve at

Slope of line is 1







Equation of normal at is



For , intercept,



Hence, the required intercept is 11 .

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