(a)
\The equation of parabola is and the point is
.
Slope of the tangent is derivative of the curve.
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Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
Slope of the tangent is .
Point-slope form of line equation : .
Substitute and
in the above formula.
This is a pair of tangent lines.
\These tangent lines intersect the parabola, and the intersecting points can be determined by solving them.
\Substitute in the curve
.
and
.
Substitute values in
.
If , then
.
If , then
.
Therefore, the points at tangent lines intersect parabola are and
.
Tangent line passing through :
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Find the slope at .
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Point-slope form of line equation : .
Substitute and
in the above formula.
Tangent line passing through :
.
Find the slope at .
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Point-slope form of line equation : .
Substitute and
in the above formula.
(b)
\The equation of parabola is and the point is
.
Slope of the tangent to parabola is .
At ,
.
Assume that at is the tangent point.
Slope of the tangent line at is
.
Slope of the line passing through two points and
is defined as
.
Here and
Discriminant of quadratic equation is
.
Here and
.
Since the discriminant is negative there is no real values of .
Therefore there is no tangent line at .
Graph:
\Graph the curve with the point .
Tangents are and
.
Graph is
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