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Find an equation of the line tangent to the curve. See attached file for full problem description.

Using implicit differentiation to find an equaiton of the line tangent to the curve x^3 + 2xy + y^3 = 13 at the point (1, 2)

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The solution is an application of implicit differentiation. It shows how to find the slope of the tangent line by implicit differentiation.

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