Doesnt this gradient need to be flipped because tangents are perpendicular or am i wrong, this is the answer to the question from corbettmaths
#Gradient tangent to a circle
haughty smelt
stable wind
How did u get this gradient
I don't understand the workout
Oh i see it now
No this gradient doesn't need to be flipped
Tangents aren't perpendicular
Tangents have the same gradient as the curve or whatever they're tangent to
The same gradient of the point they're touching
glacial tapir
Tangents have the same gradient as the curve or whatever they're tangent to
this is wrong???
glacial tapir
Tangents have the same gradient as the curve or whatever they're tangent to
im saying this statement is incorrect
stable wind
How come
glacial tapir
the reason he doesn't need to flip it is because he didnt use the radius at all
all he used was the two points on the tangent that it gives you
stable wind
all he used was the two points on the tangent that it gives you
Yea they're asking if they should flip this gradient
And im saying no don't flip it
glacial tapir
Tangents have the same gradient as the curve or whatever they're tangent to
yes but you saying this is just incorrect
stable wind
Tangents do have the same gradient as the point they're tangent to
That's by definition
A tangent touches the graph at a point
glacial tapir
the tangent of any point is perpendicular
stable wind
Perpendicular to what
lethal vector
tangents are definitely perpendicular
stable wind
to the line coming off that point
Yea that's true
glacial tapir
i might just be misunderstanding what you're trying to say
i think you worded it wrong or something
stable wind
tangents are definitely perpendicular
Yea they're perpendicular to the radius connecting it with the center
stable wind
Yea they're perpendicular to the radius connecting it with the center
Not to the point it touches