SOLUTION: Consider the circle of radius 10 centered at the origin. Find an equation of the line tangent to the circle at the point (6, 8).

Question 1120525: Consider the circle of radius 10 centered at the origin. Find an equation of the line tangent to the circle at the point (6, 8).
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Consider the circle of radius 10 centered at the origin. Find an equation of the line tangent to the circle at the point (6,8).
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The slope of the tangent at any point is m = -x/y
--> m = -3/4
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y - y1 = m*(x-x1)
y-8 = (-3/4)*(x-6)

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