Use $ \ \nabla f(3,2) \ $ to find a vector normal to the curve at $ \ (3,2)\ $

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View the curve $ \ (y-x)^2+2=xy-3 \ $ as a contour of $ \ f(x,y) \ $

Use $ \ \nabla f(3,2) \ $ to find a vector normal to the curve at $ \ (3,2)\ $

Answer:

Let $ \ f(x,y)=(y-x)^2-xy+5=0 \ $

Then,

$ \nabla f(x,y)=\left\langle f_x,f_y \right\rangle \ = \left\langle 2(x-y)-y,2(y-x)-x \right\rangle $

Therefore,

$ \nabla f(3,2)=\left\langle0,-5 \right\rangle \ $ , which is normal t the level curves but not on the curve $ \ f(x,y) \ $

How to find find the vector normal to the curve $ \ f(x,y) \ $ using $ \ \nabla f(3,2) \ $ ?

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Here is a graph of your curve, plotted by Maple.enter image description here

It shows clearly that the curve is horizontal at $(3,2)$, so the normal is vertical, so your answer is correct and the software marking it is wrong.

The only suggestion I could make is that any vertical vector is normal to the curve at this point, that is, any vector $(0,b)$ with $b\ne0$. Try a unit vector, $(0,1)$ or $(0,-1)$ and see if that gets marked correct.