Consider the curve


(a) Find the slope of the secant line to the curve through the points and .
The slope of the secant line is .

(b) Use your answer from part (a) to find the slope of the curve at the point .
The slope of the curve at is .

(c) Write an equation of the tangent line to the curve at .
The equation of the tangent line at is .

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