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Show, using implicit differentiation, that any tangent line at a point $ P $ to a circle $ O $ is perpendicular to the radius $ OP. $
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Step 1: First, we start with the equation of a circle centered at the origin, which is $x^2 + y^2 = r^2$. Show more…
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