15. A tangent drawn to the curve $\mathrm { y } = \mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { x } )$ at $\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { x } , \mathrm { y } )$ cuts the x -axis and y -axis at A and B respectively such that $\mathrm { BP } : \mathrm { AP } = 3 : 1$, given that $\mathrm { f } ( 1 ) = 1$, then
(A) equation of curve is $x \frac { d y } { d x } - 3 y = 0$
(B) normal at (1,1) is $x + 3 y = 4$
(C) curve passes through ( 2 , 1/8)
(D) equation of curve is $x \frac { d y } { d x } + 3 y = 0$
Sol. (C), (D)
Equation of the tangent is
$$\mathrm { Y } - \mathrm { y } = \frac { \mathrm { dy } } { \mathrm { dx } } ( \mathrm { X } - \mathrm { x } )$$
Given $\frac { \mathrm { BP } } { \mathrm { AP } } = \frac { 3 } { 1 }$ so that
$$\begin{aligned}
& \Rightarrow \quad \frac { d x } { x } = - \frac { d y } { 3 y } \Rightarrow x \frac { d y } { d x } + 3 y = 0 \\
& \Rightarrow \quad \ln x = - \frac { 1 } { 3 } \ln y - \ln c \Rightarrow \ln x ^ { 3 } = - ( \ln c y ) \\
& \Rightarrow \quad \frac { 1 } { x ^ { 3 } } = c y . \text { Given } f ( 1 ) = 1 \Rightarrow c = 1 \\
& \therefore y = \frac { 1 } { x ^ { 3 } } .
\end{aligned}$$
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