Comparing Two Areas on a Parabola

7/10analytic geometryVieta's Formulas

Problem

The parabola y=ax2y=ax^2 passes through the point P(1,1)P(-1,1). Through the point Q(12,0)Q\left(-\dfrac 12,0\right), a line ll of positive slope meets the parabola at two points MM and NN, with MM lying between QQ and NN. The horizontal line through MM meets the line OPOP at AA and the line ONON at BB, where OO is the origin. Let S1S_1 and S2S_2 denote the areas of PMA\triangle PMA and OAB\triangle OAB respectively.

Compare S1S_1 with 3S23S_2, and justify your answer.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicsanalytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas

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