Consider the curve defined by 2y^3+6X^2(y)- 12x^2 +6y=1 .

a. Show that dy/dx= (4x-2xy)/(x^2+y^2+1)
b. Write an equation of each horizontal tangent line to the curve.
c. The line through the origin with slope -1 is tangent to the curve at point P. Find the x – and y – coordinates of point P.

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To find the solution to this problem, we will follow these steps:

a. To show that dy/dx = (4x - 2xy) / (x^2 + y^2 + 1), we need to differentiate the given equation implicitly with respect to x.

2y^3 + 6x^2y - 12x^2 + 6y = 1

Differentiating both sides with respect to x using the product rule, we get:

6y^2 * dy/dx + 12xy + 12x * dy/dx + 6dy/dx - 24x = 0

Combining like terms and isolating dy/dx on one side, we have:

(6y^2 + 12x + 6) * dy/dx = 24x - 12xy

Dividing both sides by (6y^2 + 12x + 6), we get:

dy/dx = (24x - 12xy) / (6y^2 + 12x + 6)

Simplifying the numerator, we have:

dy/dx = (4x - 2xy) / (x^2 + y^2 + 1)

Therefore, we have shown that dy/dx = (4x - 2xy) / (x^2 + y^2 + 1).

b. To find the equation of each horizontal tangent line, we need to find the values of x and y when dy/dx is equal to zero. In other words, we need to find the points where the slope of the tangent line is zero.

Setting dy/dx = 0, we have:

(4x - 2xy) / (x^2 + y^2 + 1) = 0

4x - 2xy = 0

Simplifying, we have:

2x(2 - y) = 0

This equation is satisfied when either 2x = 0 or 2 - y = 0.

If 2x = 0, then x = 0.

If 2 - y = 0, then y = 2.

Therefore, the points with horizontal tangent lines are (0, 2).

c. The line through the origin with a slope of -1 is tangent to the curve at point P. To find the coordinates of point P, we need to substitute the values of the slope (-1) and x-coordinate (0) into the equation dy/dx = (4x - 2xy) / (x^2 + y^2 + 1).

dy/dx = (-4y) / (0^2 + y^2 + 1)

-1 = (-4y) / (y^2 + 1)

Simplifying, we have:

y^2 + 1 = -4y

Rearranging the equation, we get:

y^2 + 4y + 1 = 0

We can solve this quadratic equation to find the y-coordinate of point P. After finding the value of y, we can substitute it back into the given equation to find the corresponding x-coordinate.

If I read your equation as

2y^3 + (6x^2)(y) - 12x^2 + 6y = 1
then your dy/dx is not correct

I get:
8y^2 dy/dx + 6x^2 dy/dx + 12xy - 24x + 6dy/dx = 0
dy/dx(8y^2 + 6x^2 + 6) = 24x - 12xy
dy/dx = 12x(2 - y)/(2(4y^2 + 3x^2 + 3) )
= 6x(2-y)/(4y^2 + 3x^2 + 3)

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