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By part (a), we have  We solve for :
By dividing 2 on both side of the equation and expanding the left hand side, we get  
Then, collecting the terms with to the left hand side of the equation,
   Therefore, if is a point on the Limaçon, then 
By Hint 2, in order that is undefined, we need to find a point where the denominator of the above expression is zero. Clearly, this happens when .
However, we are asked to find the coordinates, meaning that we must find the value of when . To do this, we put into the implicit equation to get  Using the factorization for the difference of two squares, namely , we can solve the above equation as follows:      So , or .
We have found three points , and . Since we are asked to find one, we may just pick, say, .
Answer: a point on the Limaçon where is undefined is .
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