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A tangent is a line which touches, but does not cross, a curved line.
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How do you find the slope of an Indifference curve?
You find the tangent to the curve at the point of interest and then find the slope of the tangent.
In maths what is a tangent and what is a chord?
Tangent:In geometry, the tangent line (or simply the tangent) is a curve at a given point and is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point. As it passes through the point where the tangent line and the curve meet the tangent line is "going in the same direction" as the curve, and in this sense it is the best straight-line approximation to the curve at that point.Chord:A chord of a curve is a geometric line segment whose endpoints both lie on the outside of the circle.
Why we draw tangent in newton raphson method?
A line tangent to a curve, at a point, is the closest linear approximation to how the curve is "behaving" near that point. The tangent line is used to estimate values of the curve, near that point.
How do you find the point of tangency?
A tangent is an object, like a line, which touches a curve. The tangent only touches the curve at one point. That point is called the point of tangency. The tangent does not intersect (pass through) the curve.
Straight lines that touch but don't intersect a curve?
Tangent to the curve.
What t-word is define in geometry as a straight line that touches a curve but continues on with crossing it?
A tangent line touches a curve or the circumference of a circle at just one point.
What is the definition of a tangent line?
A tangent is a line that just touches a curve at a single point and its gradient equals the rate of change of the curve at that point.
Is a tangent a trigonometric ratio?
Tangent is used in calculus to compute the slope of a curve. Because curves do not have uniform slopes, unlike lines, their slopes change. A tangent is the slope of a curve at a specific point.
Is tangent in geometry and tangent in trigonometry same?
Yes a tangent is a straight line thattouches a curve at only one point But there is a tangent ratio used in trigonometry
How do you find the slope of a graph if it is a curve?
You find the slope of the tangent to the curve at the point of interest.
What is a point of tangency?
It is the point at which a tangent touches a curve.
What is the antonym of tangent?
The answer depends on the context. In the context of a curve, a tangent is a straight line that touches the line without intersecting it. The antonym does not have a specific name because it could be a straight line that does not meet the curve at all, or it could be one that crosses the curve. Note that even a tangent can cross the curve at some other [distant] point(s).
