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TANGENT AND NORMAL
14. If the tangent to the curve y = x3 + ax + b at (1, —6) is parallel to the line x — y + 5 = O, find a and b.

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y=x3+ax+bDifferentiate wrt x, we getdydx=3x2+adydx1,-6=312+a=3+aConsider, x-y+5=0y=x+5, compared with y=mx+c we get m=1Also, slope of tangent=slope of line x-y+53+a=1a=-2Also point 1,-6 lies on the curve y=x3+ax+b-6=13+-21+b-6=1-2+b-6=-1+bb=-5
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