Slopes in Geometric Progression
Problem
An ellipse centered at the origin , with foci on the -axis and eccentricity , passes through the point . A line not passing through meets the ellipse at two points and such that the slopes of , , form (in this order) a geometric progression.
Find the range of the area of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Geometric Progression, Extrema, conic sections, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas |
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