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Old July 3rd, 2009, 09:42 PM
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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 ????

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Isn't the line tangent at x=0 of f(x)=x^2 horizontal on the x-axis. IE, y=0? I don't see ho there could be any other solution. Mr. Fantastic. I read your post. Could you ealaborate?
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