Parabola Tangent Meeting the Unit Circle
Problem
Let be the origin and let be the focus of the parabola (with ). The tangent line to at a point is also tangent to the circle , touching it at the point .
1. When the line has equation , find the equation of the parabola .
2. As the positive number varies, let and be the areas of and respectively. Find the minimum value of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 8/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Tangent Circle, conic sections, AM-GM, analytic geometry, Discriminant |
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