Tangent Line Let
(a) What is the slope of the line joining P and O (0, 0)?
(b) Find an equation of the tangent line to the circle at P
(c) Let Q(x, y) be another point on the circle in the fourth quadrant. Find the slope m x, of the line joining P and Q in terms of x.
(d) Calculate
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