document.write( "Question 1049706: Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve of x^2 + 3xy + y^2 = 5 at (1,1) \n" ); document.write( "
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Implicit Differentiation:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This rate of change as a slope value at (1,1) is:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Assumption is that point (1,1) is on the curve given. The equation for line tangent to the curve at (1,1) easily found using the point-slope equation form:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28y=-x%2B2%29\"---------in slope-intercept form
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