A Tangent Aligned with a Chord

7/10Pole and Polarconic sections

Problem

The ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1\dfrac{x^2}{a^2}+\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1 (a>b>0a>b>0) has right focus FF and upper vertex BB, with eccentricity 255\dfrac{2\sqrt 5}5 and BF=5|BF|=\sqrt 5.

1. Find the equation of the ellipse. 2. A line ll has exactly one common point MM with the ellipse and meets the positive yy-axis at a point NN. The line through NN perpendicular to BFBF meets the xx-axis at a point PP. If MPBFMP\parallel BF, find the equation of ll.

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Difficulty7/10
TopicsPole and Polar, conic sections

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