SOLUTION: Find the equation of the line tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = 25 at point (3,4). Use the general equation of the line for your final answer.
Answer: 3x + _____y - _____ = 0
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Answer: 3x + _____y - _____ = 0
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Question 1118854: Find the equation of the line tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = 25 at point (3,4). Use the general equation of the line for your final answer.
Answer: 3x + _____y - _____ = 0 Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Circle at the origin, radius 5. The radius to the given point, , must have the equation . Since the tangent to a circle at a point must be perpendicular to the radius at that point, the slope of the desired tangent must be . So use the point-slope form of an equation of a line to derive an equation for a line with the slope that passes through the point
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