An Angle-Bisector Foot
Problem
Let be the origin and let be the left and right foci of the hyperbola (, ) with eccentricity . Let be a point on the right branch other than the vertex. The perpendicular from to the bisector of has foot , and . If a point on satisfies , find the sum of the distances from to the two asymptotes of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Reflection, conic sections, analytic geometry, Triangle Geometry |
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