Find the slopes of the two tangent lines at the given point

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Consider Maclaurin's trisectrix x(t) = (t² - 7)/2(1+t²), y(t) = t(t² - 3)/(1+t²).

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a. Find the point on the curve where the curve crosses itself.

b. Find the slopes of the two tangent lines at the point of self crosiing.

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