The image below suggests that there is a small, positive value of
Use the small angle approximation to estimate the coordinates of
. In the image below,
has been translated to the right by units, and remains unchanged. The image suggests that there should be some value of such that the curves intersect at exactly one small value of Approximate the value of
For part (a), because
You can square both sides of the equation before rearranging and solving.
For part (b), the translated curve has equation
Square both sides and use the discriminant.