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Tangent Line
Let ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prealliance-textbook-qa.oneclass.com/qa_images/homework_help/question/qa_images/299912921210722/question/0.png?img=60b9497f1c2e3d629fe13ca39bfb1269)
be a point on the circle ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prealliance-textbook-qa.oneclass.com/qa_images/homework_help/question/qa_images/299912921210722/question/1.png?img=6e30ae923b9bc015f56e85c959b3bf66)
(see figure).
(a) What is the slope of the line joining P and O (0, 0)?
(b) Find an equation of the tangent line to the circle at P
(c) Let Q(x, y) be another point on the circle in the fourth quadrant. Find the slope m, of the line joining P and Q in terms of x.
(d) Calculate ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prealliance-textbook-qa.oneclass.com/qa_images/homework_help/question/qa_images/299912921210722/question/2.png?img=4bbcb980132aa3ceed10cc3a9528ce63)
How does this number relate to your answer in part (b)?
![Chapter 1, Problem 5PS, Tangent Line Let P(5,12) be a point on the circle x2+y2=169 (see figure). (a) What is the slope of](https://prealliance-textbook-qa.oneclass.com/qa_images/homework_help/question/6582645/qa_images/759793620411999/3.png)
Tangent Line
Let
(a) What is the slope of the line joining P and O (0, 0)?
(b) Find an equation of the tangent line to the circle at P
(c) Let Q(x, y) be another point on the circle in the fourth quadrant. Find the slope m, of the line joining P and Q in terms of x.
(d) Calculate
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1 Jul 2020