tangent

If ax+by+c=0 is a tangent to xy=4, then find the sign of a and c .

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aditya ravichandran ·

This equation :
ax+4bx+c=0
must have repeated roots ,so that it becomes tangent

ax2+cx+4b=0
c2-16ab=0

ab ≥0

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