Elo comments on 3AM stats quiz - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Elo 22 August 2015 11:08:17AM 1 point [-]

That picture helps. Clarification: Now after step 3; Tangent in which plane? (I worked it out) turns out I didn't know what, " contour line" or precisely what "tangent" meant. (I guess I am rusty on my math)

Given that X and Y are values of unknown magnitudes; is this possible? (I suspect if I think about it for a day it will come to me)