How do you find the slope of the tangent line at point (2, 1) for y=(x^2+1)? Calculus Derivatives Tangent Line to a Curve 1 Answer Jim H Apr 30, 2018 There is no such thing. Explanation: The point (2,1) is not on the graph of y=(x^2+1) Answer link Related questions How do you find the equation of a tangent line to a curve? How do you find the slope of the tangent line to a curve at a point? How do you find the tangent line to the curve y=x^3-9x at the point where x=1? How do you know if a line is tangent to a curve? How do you show a line is a tangent to a curve? How do you find the Tangent line to a curve by implicit differentiation? What is the slope of a line tangent to the curve 3y^2-2x^2=1? How does tangent slope relate to the slope of a line? What is the slope of a horizontal tangent line? How do you find the slope of a tangent line using secant lines? See all questions in Tangent Line to a Curve Impact of this question 2450 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License