A space traveler is moving from left to right along the curve y=x^2. When she shuts off the engines, she will continue traveling along the tangent line at the point where she is at that time. At what point should she shut off the engine in order to reach (4,15)?

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337278461
Author:Ron Larson
Publisher:Ron Larson
Chapter6: Topics In Analytic Geometry
Section6.2: Introduction To Conics: parabolas
Problem 4ECP: Find an equation of the tangent line to the parabola y=3x2 at the point 1,3.
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A space traveler is moving from left to right along the curve y=x^2. When she shuts off the engines, she will continue traveling along the tangent line at the point where she is at that time. At what point should she shut off the engine in order to reach (4,15)?

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