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Tangent at a point P1 (other then (0,0) on the curve y=x3 meets it again at P2. The tangent at P2 meets the curve at P3 & so on. Show that the abscissa of P1,P2,P3,......Pn form a G.P. Also find the ratio areaofΔ(P1P2P3)areaofΔ(P2P3P4)

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Let a point P1 on y=x3 be (h,h3).
Tangent at P1 is yh3=3h2(xh), it meets y=x3 at P2.
x3h3=3h2(xh)
(xh)(x2+xh+h2)=3h2(xh)[a3b3=(ab)(a2+ab+b2)]
x2+xh+h23h2
x2+xh2h2=0
(xh)(x+2h)=0
x=2h for P2 x=h is for point P1
P2 is (2h,8h3)
Again, tangent at P2 is y+8h3=3(2h)2(x+2h), it meets y=x3 at P3.
x3+8h3=12h2(x+2h)
(x+2h)(x22xh+4h2)=12h2(xh)[a3+b3=(a+b)(a2ab+b2)]
x22xh+4h212h2
x22xh8h2=0
(x4h)(x+2h)=0
x=4h for P3 x=2h is for point P2
P3 is (4h,64h3)
Similarly, we get
x=8h for P4........
Hence, the abscissa for P1,P2,P3,....... are h,2h,4h,....... respectively, which are in G.P.. [Hence proved]
Now for (P1P2P3)
ar((P1P2P3))=12∣ ∣ ∣hh312h8h314h64h31∣ ∣ ∣
Again for (P2P3P4)
ar((P2P3P4))=12∣ ∣ ∣2h8h314h64h318h512h31∣ ∣ ∣=12(2)(8)∣ ∣ ∣hh312h8h314h64h31∣ ∣ ∣
ar((P1P2P3))ar((P2P3P4))=12∣ ∣ ∣hh312h8h314h64h31∣ ∣ ∣12(2)(8)∣ ∣ ∣hh312h8h314h64h31∣ ∣ ∣
ar((P1P2P3))ar((P2P3P4))=116

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