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OpenStudy (josee):

Find all values of x at which the tangent line to the graph of y =x^2/(x + 3) is horizontal.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you in Calculus?

OpenStudy (josee):

Yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The tangent graph is horizontal when the derivative = 0. \[y' = ((x+3(2x)) - x ^{2})/ ((x+3)^{2})\] x = 0,7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

using the Quotient Rule you can find the derivative. (x+3)(2x) - (x^2)(1) "over" (x+3)^2 (2x^2+6x) - (x^2) "over" (x+3)^2 (x^2+6x) "over" (x+3)^2 set = 0 and solve.

OpenStudy (josee):

the answer choices dont have 7 in it

OpenStudy (josee):

dammit... out of your thing i got -3, and 0. but it's not that. It's either 1. x = −3 2. x = −6 3. x = −3 , 0 4. x = −6 , 0 5. x = 5 , 0 6. x = 0 7. x = 5 but 3 and 6 are wrong

OpenStudy (josee):

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