Find thentangent lines to the curve y^2-x+1=0 at the points (2,-1) and (2,1)?
2 Answers
tangent line at
tangent line at
Explanation:
Given:
The derivative is a slope function.
Find the first derivative using implicit differentiation:
Use:
Find the tangent line at
Tangent line at
Tangents are
Explanation:
Slope of a tangent line to a curve
Here point
Now differentiating
Hence, tangent at
and tangent is
and tangent at
and tangent is
graph{(y^2-x+1)(x-2y)(x+2y)=0 [-1.434, 8.566, -2.32, 2.68]}