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The curve y2 = x3 + 8contains the points (1,−3) and (−7/4, 13/8). The line through these t...

The curve

 y2 = x3 + 8

contains the points (1,3) and (7/4, 13/8). The line through these two points intersects the curve in exactly one other point. Find this third point. Can you explain why the coordinates of this third point are rational numbers? 

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