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Homework Statement
Problem 1
Find the equation of the tangent line on the following points of the curve.
[itex]f(x) = \frac{1}{x - a}, a \in \mathbb{R} - \left \{ -2; 4 \} \right; x = -2, x = 4[/itex]
Problem 2
Find the equation of the line normal to the tangent line on the following points of the curve.
[itex]f(x) = x^{2} - 1; x = 0[/itex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Problem 1
[PLAIN]http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4021/giflatex2.gif
As you can see my solution is completely wrong ;(
Problem 2
[PLAIN]http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4265/giflatex3.gif
It will give a division by zero, what's going on here?
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