Two Focal Chords, Two Circles

Problem

Through the focus FF of the parabola E ⁣:x2=2pyE \colon x^2 = 2py (with p>0p > 0), two distinct lines l1l_1 and l2l_2 are drawn with slopes k1k_1 and k2k_2 satisfying k1+k2=2k_1 + k_2 = 2. Line l1l_1 meets EE at points A,BA, B and line l2l_2 meets EE at points C,DC, D. Let MM and NN be the centers of the circles with diameters ABAB and CDCD respectively, and let ll be the line containing the common chord of these two circles.

1. If k1>0k_1 > 0 and k2>0k_2 > 0, prove that FMFN<2p2\overrightarrow{FM} \cdot \overrightarrow{FN} < 2p^2. 2. If the minimum distance from MM to the line ll is 755\dfrac{7\sqrt{5}}{5}, find the equation of the parabola EE.

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Difficulty7/10
TopicsExtrema, Parametrization, Circles, conic sections, analytic geometry

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