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Suppose that

is a point on the conic section

. Then the tangent line to the conic section at point

Reference: S. H. Kung, "Finding the Tangent to a Conic Section without Calculus," The College Mathematics Journal, 34(5), 2003 pp. 394–395.

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Tangent Lines to a Conic Section