Equal Triangle Areas on a Conic

8/10conic sectionsCaseworkSymmetry

Problem

In the coordinate plane xOyxOy, let BB be the reflection of A(1,1)A(-1,1) across the origin, and let PP be a moving point such that the product of the slopes of APAP and BPBP is 13-\dfrac 13.

1. Find the equation of the locus of PP. 2. The lines APAP and BPBP meet the line x=3x=3 at points MM and NN respectively. Does there exist a point PP for which PAB\triangle PAB and PMN\triangle PMN have equal areas? If so, find its coordinates; if not, explain why.

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Difficulty8/10
Topicsconic sections, Casework, Symmetry

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