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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do you get an equation of a tangent at a point without an equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I don't think the question is clear...? What do you mean by "get an equation of a tangent... without an equation"?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we get a picture of an ellipes with a point and we need to find the tangent line equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do we know where it's centered and what its major/minor axes are?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is the graph we got and we need the tangent line of the right point

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the curve is an ellipse centered at (2,3) and major axis a=3, minor axis b=2 from this, you can get the equation of the function and then using derivative steps, get the equation of the tangent

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