NDA 2025
- Exam
- NDA
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Application of Derivatives
NDA 2025 · Mathematics · Application of Derivatives
Consider the following for the two (02) items that follow: The...
Consider the following for the two (02) items that follow:
The slope of the tangent to the curve at is 4 for every real number and the curve passes through the origin.
What is the nature of the curve?
The slope of the tangent to the curve at is 4 for every real number and the curve passes through the origin.
What is the nature of the curve?
Options
- AA straight line passing through
- BA straight line passing through
- CA parabola with vertex at origin and focus at
- DA parabola with vertex at origin and focus at
Correct answer
A. A straight line passing through
Step-by-step solution
Given that the slope of the tangent to the curve is for all .
Integrating both sides with respect to :
Since the curve passes through the origin , substituting and gives:
The equation of the curve is .
This represents a straight line. Checking the given points, for , .
Thus, the straight line passes through the point .
Integrating both sides with respect to :
Since the curve passes through the origin , substituting and gives:
The equation of the curve is .
This represents a straight line. Checking the given points, for , .
Thus, the straight line passes through the point .