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Find an equation of the line that is tangent to the graph of f and parallel to the given line.
f(x) = x2 − x (FUNCTION)
x + 3y − 12 = 0 (LINE)

The answer I got was -1/4x - 9/64 but that's incorrect...and I don't know where I went wrong...

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Find an equation of the line that is tangent to the graph of f and parallel to the given line.
f(x) = x2 − x (FUNCTION)
x + 3y − 12 = 0 (LINE)

The answer I got was -1/4x - 9/64 but that's incorrect...and I don't know where I went wrong...

anonymous · Answer

Actually, I might have put in the wrong slope...

anonymous · Answer

So would the correct answer be y=-1/3x + 1/3?

anonymous · Answer

I mean -1/3x - 1/9