A Nonpositive Dot Product Point
Problem
The ellipse () has eccentricity , left vertex , and lower vertex ; let be the midpoint of the segment ( the origin), and suppose the area of is .
1. Find the equation of the ellipse. 2. A variable line through meets the ellipse at two points and . Determine whether there exists a point on the -axis such that always holds; if so, find the range of the -coordinate of , and if not, explain why.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | conic sections, Casework, Vieta's Formulas |
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