Consider the function


(a) Find .


(b) Find a function whose level zero set is equal to the graph of and such that the coefficient of in is .
The level set is the same as the graph of .

(c) Find the gradient of . Write your answer as a row vector of the general form .


(d) Use to find a vector perpendicular (or normal) to the graph of at the point . Write your answer as a row vector of the general form .


(e) Find an equation for the tangent plane to at the point . Enter your answer as an equation.

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