An Area Ratio Range with a Centroid

★ 8/10conic sectionsAM-GMVieta's Formulas

Problem

A line through the fixed point (1,0)(1,0) meets the parabola y2=2xy^2=2x at two points AA and BB. Let CC be the point for which the origin OO is the centroid of △ABC\triangle ABC (that is, C=−(A+B)C=-(A+B)). The lines CACA and CBCB meet the yy-axis at points MM and NN respectively. Let S1S_1, S2S_2 be the areas of △CMN\triangle CMN, △AOB\triangle AOB. Find the range of S1S2\dfrac{S_1}{S_2}.

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Difficulty8/10
Topicsconic sections, AM-GM, Vieta's Formulas

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