Haru S.

asked • 01/06/23

Math (Calculus): By the way, I'm struggling to isolate y after plugging all values in the equation, "y=f'(x)(x-a) + f(a)"

Question:

Find the equation of the tangent to the following equation, x3 - y3 = (x-2)y+1, at point (1.-1).


Answer: y=(3/2)x-(5/2)

Chikae Y.

tutor
Do you mean "find the equation of the tangent to the following equation"? I'm not sure what you mean by finding "the equation of the following tangent."
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01/06/23

Haru S.

Yes, correct. Sorry, I worded it incorrectly. I meant it as "find the equation of the tangent to the following equation at point (1,-1)"
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01/06/23

Chikae Y.

tutor
Got it - are you sure that the answer is correct? I'm getting that the equation of the tangent line would be y = 2x - 3. Hmmm.
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01/06/23

Chikae Y.

tutor
I'm happy to post my solution showing how I got y = 2x - 3 if that would be helpful!
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01/06/23

1 Expert Answer

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Doug C.

Jacques answer is correct. My guess is that whoever implicitly arrived at an answer for y' using implicit differentiation found the derivative of -2y to be -2 (instead of -2y'). desmos.com/calculator/qzf34ag3az
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