(a) Show that the equation of the tangent line to the parabola y 2 4px at the point sx0

Chapter 10, Problem 56

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(a) Show that the equation of the tangent line to the parabola y 2 4px at the point sx0, y0d can be written as y0y 2psx 1 x 0d (b) What is the x-intercept of this tangent line? Use this fact to draw the tangent line.

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