Posted by fanny on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 8:21am.
At what point along the curve is the tangent contact made?
Based upon the answer, it is where dy/dx = 2
dy/dx = -2x + 2 = 2, so x = 0 at the point of contact. That requires y = -10 at that point.
So y = 2x - 10 is the answer IF you are talking about the line tangent to the curve at x = 0.
You omitted an important part of the problem statement.
in the question it say: at the point where the curve cuts the y-axis
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