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Old July 3rd, 2009, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by fadeer View Post
Would someone be so smart and so kind to find the Tangent lineS to the curve y=x^2 that pass through (0,-a^2), a>0 ????

Thanks in advance.
you need two things:

(1) Equation of line in slope-point form(i.e. determining equaation with slope and one point)

(2) Formula to find slope of tangent

Do you know above two?
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