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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2010 Paper 1 6 Solution by
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Let the contact point have positive horizontal coordinate . Equality of slopes between the tangent line and the logarithmic curve requires . The point must also satisfy both equations, giving . HenceThe contact point is , and the resulting line has exactly the required derivative there.
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