Proving Tangent Vector Field X on \Re^{3} to a Cylinder in \Re^{3}

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How do I show that a Vector field X on \Re^{3} is tangent to a Cylinder in \Re^{3}?
 
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Show that for any point x on the cylinder that the vector X(x) is in the tangent space to the cylinder at x.
 
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