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damn.. I had made a small error in differentiating.Hey,, no worries. Glad 2 help.
So, 9(ii):
I guess you know what we gotta do in this - we treat the gradient of normal as a line. To find the stationary (max) point on it, we find the dy/dx of this 'line'. (Technically we're findin the d^2y/dx^2)
From (i), we know dy/dx is (1+x).[(1-x^2)]^(1/2)___________ [Here, (1+x) is u and v is [(1-x^2)]^(1/2)]
Apply (u.v)' = u'.v+u.v'
d^2y/dx^2 = (1).[(1-x^2)]^(1/2) + (1+x).(1/2)[(1-x^2)]^(-1/2)(-2x)
= [(1-x^2)]^(1/2) + (-x)(1+x)[(1-x^2)]^(-1/2)
Now equate this to zero:
[(1-x^2)]^(1/2) + (-x)(1+x)[(1-x^2)]^(-1/2) = 0
I then got: (1-x^2) - x(1+x) = 0 ___________ (Coz [(1-x^2)]^(1/2).[(1-x^2)]^(1/2) = (1-x^2) )
Then: 1 - x^2 - x - x^2 = 0
-2x^2 - x + 1 = 0 (multiply with -1 in both sides)
2x^2 + x - 1 = 0
Solving this you get two sol., x = 1/2 (ANS.) or x = -1
From graph, we see dat point P ain't on x = -1
Ans. is thus x = 1/2
Thanks a lot man!