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8-47.
Given:
Write an equation for
. Implicit differentiation.
For what value of
is there a vertical tangent to the graph? Determine all
-values in which the denominator of the derivative is . For what values of
are there vertical tangents to the graph? Use the original function to determine the corresponding
-value for each -value you found in part (b). There will be three values of
that work. That means there will be three coordinate points in which the slope is vertical: ( ____, ), ( ____, ) and ( ____, ). (Obviously, this is NOT a function!) Write an equation for
. The second derivative must be written in terms of
and only.