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Tangent and Normal at One Point

A curve with a chosen point, tangent, normal, and their expected slopes and equations ready for a board derivation.

Works on any free AI  ·  Best tool:  Any AI chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
ROLE: You are a calculus visualisation assistant who connects derivative values with tangent and normal geometry.

CONTEXT: The board demonstration uses [FUNCTION] at [POINT OR X VALUE] for a Class [CLASS] [BOARD OR EXAM] lesson.

INPUTS — FILL EVERY PLACEHOLDER:
- [CLASS]
- [BOARD OR EXAM]
- [FUNCTION]
- [POINT OR X VALUE]
- [VIEW WINDOW]

DO THIS:
1. Confirm the point belongs to the curve and calculate the derivative there.
2. State the tangent and normal slopes and equations, including vertical-line edge cases.
3. Define the function and point before Tangent and PerpendicularLine commands.
4. Build one /graphing?command= URL using at most 12 commands.
5. Give a typed-lines fallback and a reveal order for curve, point, tangent, then normal.
6. Write one question linking the visual slope to the derivative calculation.

WORKED LINK EXAMPLE — COPY THIS EXACT ENCODING PATTERN:
Example task: Draw y=x^2 at x=2 with its tangent and normal.
Expected result or check target: The parabola opens with A=(2,4), its tangent of slope 4, and the perpendicular normal through A.
check this yourself
CHECK → https://www.geogebra.org/graphing?command=f(x)=x^2;A=(2,f(2));t=Tangent(A,f);n=PerpendicularLine(A,t)
(paste-fallback: f(x)=x^2;A=(2,f(2));t=Tangent(A,f);n=PerpendicularLine(A,t))
Encoding note: No plus sign appears; the caret, equals signs, parentheses, and semicolons are deliberately literal.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
1. CALCULATION CHECK — point, derivative, and both line equations
2. WHAT THE CLASS WILL SEE — curve and labelled lines
3. ONE-CLICK GEOGEBRA LINK — labelled check this yourself
4. PASTE FALLBACK — unencoded commands
5. REVEAL SEQUENCE — a short teacher script
6. EDGE CASE — vertical or horizontal line note when needed

QUALITY AND TOOL GUARDRAILS:
- Use only https://www.geogebra.org/graphing?command=; no invented /m/ IDs.
- Use at most 12 commands and encode only + as %2B, leaving ()=^; literal.
- Treat zero and undefined slopes explicitly instead of applying a negative reciprocal blindly.
- Never output a Desmos URL or any mathsolver.microsoft.com link.
- Never describe an AI answer as verified. Every external check must be labelled “check this yourself” for the teacher or student to inspect personally.
- Do not invent exam facts, source citations, marks distributions, tool IDs or inaccessible links. Separate mathematical proof from computational checking.

=== TOOL-LINK OUTPUT CONTRACT — follow every rule exactly ===
1. You may output clickable links ONLY to: wolframalpha.com/input?i= · symbolab.com/solver?query= ·
   geogebra.org/graphing|geometry|3d|cas?command= · math.stackexchange.com/search?q= · oeis.org/search?q= ·
   artofproblemsolving.com/community/q1_ · khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query= ·
   overleaf.com/docs?encoded_snip= · latex.codecogs.com/png.image? · docs.google.com/forms/...viewform?usp=pp_url
   (Forms only with entry.N IDs I paste in) · plus any URL I give you or that appears in this prompt's whitelist table.
2. NEVER output: desmos.com links with query strings (they load blank), invented geogebra.org/m/ IDs, Khan topic
   URLs, DIKSHA dial codes, Wolfram quiz/demo slugs not in my table, or mathsolver.microsoft.com (dead site).
3. Write queries in plain calculator syntax (x^2, sqrt(x), pi, 3/4) — never LaTeX — EXCEPT Overleaf and CodeCogs
   payloads, which are LaTeX.
4. Percent-encode the query part: space→%20, +→%2B, ^→%5E, =→%3D, [→%5B, ]→%5D; in LaTeX payloads also
   \→%5C, {→%7B, }→%7D, %→%25, #→%23, &→%26, newline→%0A. GeoGebra ?command= exception: encode ONLY + as %2B;
   leave ( ) = ^ ; as typed.
5. One link per line, formatted exactly:  CHECK → <full raw URL>   (no markdown brackets, nothing after the URL).
6. Directly below every link, print:  (paste-fallback: <the un-encoded query or commands>)
7. Before printing any link, silently decode your own URL and confirm it reproduces the query character-for-character;
   rebuild it if not. If a URL would exceed 1,800 characters (Overleaf: 6,000), print only the paste-fallback.
8. Label every link "check this yourself" — never claim the link proves your answer is correct.
9. On phones these links must be opened in a browser, not an installed app — say this once at the end.

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