An Affine Area Maximum
Problem
Consider the ellipse , points on it with in the first quadrant, and the origin; let be the area of .
1. If , find the maximum value of . 2. Let , with . Find the equation of the line when is maximized.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Extrema, AM-GM, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas |
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