Tangent Line Calculator

Free tangent line calculator - step-by-step solutions to help find the equation of the tangent line to a given curve at a given point.

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Step 1:

Enter the equation of a curve and coordinates of the point at which you want to find the tangent line.

The tangent line calculator finds the equation of the tangent line to a given curve at a given point.

Step 2:

Click the arrow to submit. Choose "Find the Tangent Line at the Point" from the topic selector and click to see the result in our Calculus Calculator !

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Find the Tangent Line at (1,0)

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Find the Tangent Line at the Point $2 x^{2} + y^{2} = 12, (2, - 2)$
Find the Tangent Line at the Point $y = \frac{7 x}{x + 4}, (3, 3)$
Find the Tangent Line at the Point $y = \frac{7 x}{x - 1}, (2, 14)$

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