SOLUTION: Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve (x-y)^2=2x+1 at the point (4,1).

SOLUTION: Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve (x-y)^2=2x+1 at the point (4,1).

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Question 1010151: Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve (x-y)^2=2x+1 at the point (4,1).
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Differentiate implicitly.

So at (4,1),

So then,

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