A Mixed Conic Fixed-Point Chord
Problem
Consider the ellipse and the circle . Let be a moving point on the ellipse. A point on the ellipse is such that the line passes through , and a point on the circle is such that the line passes through , with and on opposite sides of the -axis. Prove that the line passes through a fixed point.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 8/10 |
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| Topics | Substitution, conic sections, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas |
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