An Affine Area Maximum

Problem

Consider the ellipse x24+y23=1\dfrac{x^2}{4} + \dfrac{y^2}{3} = 1, points A,BA, B on it with AA in the first quadrant, and OO the origin; let SS be the area of OAB\triangle OAB.

1. If A=(1,32)A = \left(1, \dfrac{3}{2}\right), find the maximum value of SS. 2. Let A(x1,y1)A(x_1, y_1), B(x2,y2)B(x_2, y_2) with 3y1+y2=03y_1 + y_2 = 0. Find the equation of the line ABAB when SS is maximized.

Answer

Solution

Difficulty7/10
TopicsExtrema, AM-GM, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas

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