A Triangle Inscribed in One Parabola, Tangent to Another
Problem
As shown in the figure, the triangle is inscribed in the parabola , and the lines containing the sides and are both tangent to the parabola . Let be the focus of .
1. Prove that the line containing the side is tangent to the parabola . 2. Prove that the points , , , lie on a common circle.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 8/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | plane geometry, conic sections, analytic geometry, Vieta's Formulas, Discriminant |
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