The parabola equation is and the point is
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Find the curvature.
\Apply the curvature formula from 69(b): .
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
Again apply derivative on each side with respect to .
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Substitute and
in
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The curvature is .
Substitute .
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The curvature is .
(b)
\Find the at what point the curvature is maximum.
\The curvature is .
The curvature is maximum when is minimum.
is minimum when
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Substitute in
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The curvature is maximum at point .
(a) The curvature at point is
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(b) The curvature is maximum at point .