A circle is tangent to a parabola. A geometry puzzle with calculus flavor.

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @SyberMath
    @SyberMath  4 года назад +2

    I did not realize that I've done this before until after I was done shooting it! Well, it was a long time ago. 😁

    • @hkemal2743
      @hkemal2743 3 года назад +3

      "Did you hear that old math teachers never die?
      They just lose some of their functions.

    • @hkemal2743
      @hkemal2743 3 года назад +3

      Are you getting old?
      Are you losing some of your functions? 😁

  • @RAG981
    @RAG981 3 года назад +10

    The final value of a is more logically decided by finding the y value 2a^2. The smaller a gives 0.81 and the larger gives 1.3. The value clearly has to be >1, so it is the larger one.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      Good thinking!

    • @boguslawszostak1784
      @boguslawszostak1784 2 года назад

      @@SyberMath It depends on what you mean by the term "the circle is tangent to the parabola". The number of solutions to the problem depends on it.
      You are suggested by the drawing, but the circle centered at (0, -1) with radius 1 and is tangent to the parobola at (0,0).
      The straight line tangent to the curve can cross the curve beyond the tangent point, which is also the case for curves described by third-degree polynomials.
      What if we allow that the tangency of the curves is "local" and that the curves have a common tangent line at the tangent point, and they can intersect beyond this point?

  • @davidseed2939
    @davidseed2939 3 года назад +1

    The origin of the two solutions can be seen at about 10:00 where you equating gradients
    4a positive = (h-a)/(y-r)
    This can be true if both
    of the RHS terms are negative. This corresponds to the circle touching the parabola from the inside , a>0 but i think h

  • @dolevgo8535
    @dolevgo8535 3 года назад +2

    hi! about 12:28
    i feel like at that point it would be easier to recognize that (1 - 2a^2)^2 and (2a^2 - 1)^2 are the same and that we could combine them instead of expanding seperately
    great video!

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      Thank you and Good thinking!

  • @klementhajrullaj1222
    @klementhajrullaj1222 3 года назад

    How can find it the surface between the parabola and the circle??? ...

  • @imonkalyanbarua
    @imonkalyanbarua 2 года назад

    Can we be certain that a

  • @amirshahin6550
    @amirshahin6550 3 года назад

    I think the smaller value responds to the case that circle is tangent to parabola from inside.

  • @angelmendez-rivera351
    @angelmendez-rivera351 4 года назад

    I think it may have been better to argue more rigorously why the bigger solution is the correct one. The way to do it to calculate the value of h, and then observe that the combination of the resulting values for a and h would have lead to some contradiction about the circle, such as the circle not being tangent to the x-axis, which is a piece of information given by the problem you are supposed to use.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  4 года назад

      I agree! I guess I was trying to keep it simple here.

    • @davidseed2939
      @davidseed2939 3 года назад +1

      Not a contradiction, just a different case with h

  • @pavelzonov4936
    @pavelzonov4936 3 года назад

    Both solutions are valid. Second one is for the case, when the circle is tangent to the left “wing” of parabola and intersects the right “wing” in two points

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Nice!

    • @neuralwarp
      @neuralwarp 3 года назад

      Also with a=0 and x=y=0.
      5 valid solutions.

  • @VuAilleurs
    @VuAilleurs 3 года назад

    Nice Somewhere equivalence is lost but don't want to know where😉

  • @neuralwarp
    @neuralwarp 3 года назад +1

    Disagree. Nothing in the question says the circle must be to the right of the parabola. All 5 solutions are meaningful. Left outside, left inside, right outside, right inside, and dead centre (tangential at x=y=0).

  • @ayush7800
    @ayush7800 3 года назад +1

    A good problem,, but pretty easy for JEE aspirants 👍

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Yes, true

    • @ayush7800
      @ayush7800 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath Just don't take it in negative way,,,, :)
      I'm not praising JEE aspirants neither saying it's an easy Question