Comparing Two Areas on a Parabola
Problem
The parabola passes through the point . Through the point , a line of positive slope meets the parabola at two points and , with lying between and . The horizontal line through meets the line at and the line at , where is the origin. Let and denote the areas of and respectively.
Compare with , and justify your answer.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas |
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