The equation of the parabola is .
The osculating circle has a radius at the origin is .
Find the curvature .
Find and
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Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
Find the curvature .
Substitute and
Therefore, the radius of osculating circle will be .
Find the osculating circle at .
Since the parabola opens upwards, the normal to is
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Centre of the osculating ellipse is .
Equating of osculating circle:
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Find the osculating circle at .
To get a radius of , move to 2 units up and 2 units left from the initial point.
Hence centre of the circle is
Equating of osculating circle:
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Graph:
\Graph the ellipse equation and osculating equations.
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The osculating equations are and
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Graph the ellipse equation and osculating equations.
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