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I am practicing for a math contest and I encountered the following problem that I don't know how to solve:



For which value of $b$ is there only one intersection between the line $y = x + b$ and the parabola $y = x^2 + 5x + 3$?



How do I solve it?






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    Simply $x^2+5x+3=x+b$ must have only one solution, i.e. $x^2+4x+(3-b)=0$ should have zero discriminant.
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I am practicing for a math contest and I encountered the following problem that I don't know how to solve:



For which value of $b$ is there only one intersection between the line $y = x + b$ and the parabola $y = x^2 + 5x + 3$?



How do I solve it?






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    Simply $x^2+5x+3=x+b$ must have only one solution, i.e. $x^2+4x+(3-b)=0$ should have zero discriminant.
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    A Parabola could have many tangent lines...However, it has only 1 min. value, may be this one is the one you are after. More here:desmos.com/calculator/zz7e1nwgf9 and here:info:math.stackexchange.com/questions/92165/…
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I am practicing for a math contest and I encountered the following problem that I don't know how to solve:



For which value of $b$ is there only one intersection between the line $y = x + b$ and the parabola $y = x^2 + 5x + 3$?



How do I solve it?






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I am practicing for a math contest and I encountered the following problem that I don't know how to solve:



For which value of $b$ is there only one intersection between the line $y = x + b$ and the parabola $y = x^2 + 5x + 3$?



How do I solve it?






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    Do you know how to find a derivative?
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    – R. Burton
    5 hours ago






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    Simply $x^2+5x+3=x+b$ must have only one solution, i.e. $x^2+4x+(3-b)=0$ should have zero discriminant.
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    – the_fox
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    A Parabola could have many tangent lines...However, it has only 1 min. value, may be this one is the one you are after. More here:desmos.com/calculator/zz7e1nwgf9 and here:info:math.stackexchange.com/questions/92165/…
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    @NoChance Your observation would be relevant if the line’s equation were of the form $y=b$. The line in the problem is not horizontal, though.
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    @NoChance If you’re going to to that route, then you want the one that has the same slope as the given line.
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    Do you know how to find a derivative?
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    – R. Burton
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    Simply $x^2+5x+3=x+b$ must have only one solution, i.e. $x^2+4x+(3-b)=0$ should have zero discriminant.
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    A Parabola could have many tangent lines...However, it has only 1 min. value, may be this one is the one you are after. More here:desmos.com/calculator/zz7e1nwgf9 and here:info:math.stackexchange.com/questions/92165/…
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Simply $x^2+5x+3=x+b$ must have only one solution, i.e. $x^2+4x+(3-b)=0$ should have zero discriminant.
$endgroup$
– the_fox
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$begingroup$
Simply $x^2+5x+3=x+b$ must have only one solution, i.e. $x^2+4x+(3-b)=0$ should have zero discriminant.
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– the_fox
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$begingroup$
A Parabola could have many tangent lines...However, it has only 1 min. value, may be this one is the one you are after. More here:desmos.com/calculator/zz7e1nwgf9 and here:info:math.stackexchange.com/questions/92165/…
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A Parabola could have many tangent lines...However, it has only 1 min. value, may be this one is the one you are after. More here:desmos.com/calculator/zz7e1nwgf9 and here:info:math.stackexchange.com/questions/92165/…
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@NoChance Your observation would be relevant if the line’s equation were of the form $y=b$. The line in the problem is not horizontal, though.
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@NoChance Your observation would be relevant if the line’s equation were of the form $y=b$. The line in the problem is not horizontal, though.
$endgroup$
– amd
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@NoChance If you’re going to to that route, then you want the one that has the same slope as the given line.
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    The tangent to parabola has slope $y' = 2x+5$ which should be slope of line =1 at the point of contact. So point of contact is at x=-2. Substituting in parabola,we get y=-3. Now this point lies on line as well.






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      Note that you like the line $y=x+b$ to be tangent to the parabola. The slope of this line is $ m=1.$ Thus the derivative of your parabola should be the same as the slope of the tangent line. Find the point of the tangency and find the $b$ value so that the line passes through that point.






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                The tangent to parabola has slope $y' = 2x+5$ which should be slope of line =1 at the point of contact. So point of contact is at x=-2. Substituting in parabola,we get y=-3. Now this point lies on line as well.






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                    The tangent to parabola has slope $y' = 2x+5$ which should be slope of line =1 at the point of contact. So point of contact is at x=-2. Substituting in parabola,we get y=-3. Now this point lies on line as well.







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