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7-46.
Consider the curve formed by the equation
Show that
. Use implicit differentiation.
Find the
-coordinate of each point on the curve where the tangent line is vertical. A tangent line will be vertical where the denominator of the derivative = 0.
Since the denominator has both x and y values, there will be infinitely many ways to make the denominator equal to 0.
But only some (or one) of those ways fit the given curve.