At the two points where the curve x^2-xy+y^2=36 crosses the x axis, the tangents to the curve are parallel. What is the common slope of these tangents

Researchers were interested in whether relaxation training decreases the number of headaches a person experiences. they randomly assigned 20 participants to a control group or a relaxation training group and noted the change in number of headaches each group reported from the week before training to the week after training. which statistical analysis should be performed to answer the researchers' question?

Witch represents the inverse of the function f(x)=1/4x-12

Pranza plotted point a in the coordinate plane below.