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Given information

The given figure is

                       

                             

                                       

                                 

                                      

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
There are two things to note:
 
-coordinates of the tangent and that of the curve are equal at the point where they touch.
 
The slope of the tangent and that of the curve are equal at the point where they touch
 
 
 
Given that   is a tangent at  
-coordinate when is  
Therefore the point    point lies on the given curve .
Substitute and   in the main equation  , To get
 
 
 
 

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