document.write( "Question 624355: write an equation of the line tangent to the given circle at the given point.
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "(-4,2)
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document.write( "(0,0) m = 2/-4 Green Line has slope m = -1/2, 
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document.write( "the Line Tangent at (-4,2) would be perpendicular to the Green with m = 2
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document.write( " y = 2x + b
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document.write( " 2 = -8 + b,  y = 2x + 10 
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