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The x-intercept of the tangent at any arbitrary point of the curve `a/(x^2)+b/(y^2)=1` is proportional to square of the abscissa of the point of tangency square root of the abscissa of the point of tangency cube of the abscissa of the point of tangency cube root of the abscissa of the point of tangency

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square of the abscissa of the point of tangency

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square root of the abscissa of the point of tangency

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cube of the abscissa of the point of tangency

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cube root of the abscissa of the point of tangency

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