Slopes in Geometric Progression

Problem

An ellipse centered at the origin OO, with foci on the xx-axis and eccentricity 32\dfrac{\sqrt 3}2, passes through the point (2,22)\left(\sqrt 2,\dfrac{\sqrt 2}2\right). A line ll not passing through OO meets the ellipse at two points PP and QQ such that the slopes of OPOP, PQPQ, OQOQ form (in this order) a geometric progression.

Find the range of the area of OPQ\triangle OPQ.

Answer

Solution

Difficulty7/10
TopicsGeometric Progression, Extrema, conic sections, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas

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