An Area Ratio Minimum
Problem
The hyperbola has left and right vertices . A line through meets the right branch of at two points and .
1. If the slope of exists, find the range of possible values of . 2. Let be the slopes of and . Find the value of . 3. Let be the intersection of lines and , and let be the areas of triangles and . Find the minimum value of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Parametrization, conic sections, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas |
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