Find the equation of the tangent plane to $S$

This is how I learned it: by the equation of a plane (from the dot product of the normal vector $n=<A,B,C>$ and a point on the plane $(x_0,y_0,z_0)$),

$A(x-x_0)+B(y-y_0)+C(z-z_0)=0$

Rearranging this equation to obtain a function in terms of $z$ and point slope form

$z-z_0=-A/C(x-x_0)-B/C(y-y_0)$

where $z=\sqrt{1-x^2}$ (since the given $z$ is positive), $z_x=-A/C$, and $z_y=-B/C$ (by point slope form):

$z-z_0=z_x(x-x_0)-z_y(y-y_0)$

And plug in the given points yields:

$z-1/\sqrt{2}=-(x-1/\sqrt{2})$

Here's a visual:

https://www.math3d.org/tqxOnGGhK