If the tangent to the curve, at a point ( ) is parallel to the line - segment joining the points and then is equal to:
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)✓ Correct
- (D)
Answer: (C)
Solution
The segment from to has slope . For the slope is , so parallelism at requires . Hence , giving .
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