Given an ellipse x 2 /a 2 + y 2 /b 2 = 1, where a
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Given an ellipse x2/a2 + y2/b2 = 1, where a ≠ b, find the equation of the set of all points from which there are two tangents to the curve whose slopes are
(a) Reciprocals and
(b) Negative reciprocals.
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Calculus Early Transcendentals
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Authors: James Stewart, Daniel K. Clegg, Saleem Watson, Lothar Redlin
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