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When Does the Tangent Pass through The Origin?

You don’t need calculus for this.

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Fletcher Thompson
Feb 08, 2025
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I can confirm that a tangent line to f(x) does indeed pass through the origin at some point — now it’s up to you to find out where.

By ‘where’ I mean the points …

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