If the points of contact of the tangents drawn from $(0,0)$ to the curve $y=x^2+3 x+4$ are $(\alpha, \beta)$…

If the points of contact of the tangents drawn from $(0,0)$ to the curve $y=x^2+3 x+4$ are $(\alpha, \beta)$ and $(\gamma, \delta)$, then $\beta+\delta=$
  1. $7$
  2. $25$
  3. $16$
  4. $13$

Solution

Given $y=x^2+3 x+4$ Now $\frac{d y}{d x}=2 x+3$ At $(h, k)$ $\left.\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}\right|_{(h, k)}=2 h+3$ So, equation of tangent at (h, k) $y-k=(2 h+3)(x-h)$ It is passes through $(0,0)$ So $-k=(2 h+3)(-h) \Rightarrow k=2 h^2+3 k...(i)$ and $k=h^2+3 h+4...(ii)$ After solving (i) \& (ii), we get $\begin{aligned} & (h, k)=(-2,2) \text { or }(2,14) \\ & \text { so }(\alpha, \beta)=(-2,2) \\ & (\gamma, \delta)=(2,14) \\ & \Rightarrow \beta+\delta=2+14=16 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2023 (15 May Shift 2)

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