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Figure 3 shows a sketch of
Figure 3
- the curve with equation y=tan(x−6π) for 0≤x≤2π
- part of the straight line l with equation y=π−x
(a) State the number of solutions of the equation
(i) tan(x−6π)=π−x in the interval 0≤x≤2π
(ii) tan(x−6π)=π−x in the interval 0≤x≤100π
(iii) tan(x−6π)=π+x in the interval 0≤x≤2π
(3)
The line with equation x=a, shown in Figure 3, is the asymptote to the curve with the smallest positive x coordinate.
(b) State the value of a.
(1)
The line with equation x=b, also shown in Figure 3, is the asymptote to the curve with the second smallest positive x coordinate.
The line l meets x=a at point P and meets x=b at point Q as shown in Figure 3.
(c) Find the midpoint of the line segment PQ.
(4)
解答
(a)
解法一
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解的个数就是直线和正切图像的交点个数。正切图像每隔 π 重复一次;在图中 0≤x≤2π 内可以直接数交点。
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Using the graph:
tan(x−6π)=π−x
has 3 solutions in 0≤x≤2π.
Over 0≤x≤100π, the tangent curve repeats every π, giving one intersection in each main branch, with the endpoint branch included. Hence there are
101
solutions.
For
tan(x−6π)=π+x,
the corresponding line has positive gradient. From the graph in 0≤x≤2π, it intersects the curve
2
times.
Therefore the answers are
(i) 3,(ii) 101,(iii) 2.
(b)
解法一
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tanu 的渐近线在 u=2π+nπ。这里 u=x−6π,所以令 x−6π=2π 得到最小正渐近线。
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The vertical asymptotes occur when
x−6π=2π+nπ.
For the smallest positive value,
x−6π=x=x=2π2π+6π32π.
Therefore
a=32π.
(c)
解法一
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相邻正切渐近线相差 π,所以 b=a+π。点 P,Q 都在直线 y=π−x 上,分别代入 x=a,b 求坐标,再用中点公式。
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The second smallest positive asymptote is
b===a+π32π+π35π.
Since P lies on x=a and y=π−x,
P==(32π,π−32π)(32π,3π).
Since Q lies on x=b and y=π−x,
Q==(35π,π−35π)(35π,−32π).
The midpoint of PQ is
(232π+35π,23π−32π)=(67π,−6π).