Conjugate Point Pairs
Problem
An ellipse centered at the origin with foci on the -axis passes through and .
1. Find the standard equation of . 2. For an ellipse (with ), call points and on it a conjugate pair if
- Prove there are exactly two points such that is a conjugate pair of , and find their coordinates.
- Call these two points . A line through meets at points and . Is there a fixed point on the line such that the product of the slopes of and is constant? If so, find ; if not, explain why.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 8/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Pole and Polar, conic sections, analytic geometry, Symmetry |
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