Found problems: 487
Consider the ellipse $E: 3x^2+y^2=3$ and the hyperbola $H: xy=\frac 34.$
(1) Find all points of intersection of $E$ and $H$.
(2) Find the area of the region expressed by the system of inequality
\[\left\{
\begin{array}{ll}
3x^2+y^2\leq 3 &\quad \\
xy\geq \frac 34 , &\quad
\end{array}
\right.\]
Prove that among all possible triangles whose vertices are $3,5$ and $7$ apart from a given point $P$, the ones with the largest perimeter have $P$ as incentre.
An ellipse with focus $F$ is given. Two perpendicular lines passing through $F$ meet the ellipse at four points. The tangents to the ellipse at these points form a quadrilateral circumscribed around the ellipse. Prove that this quadrilateral is inscribed into a conic with focus $F$
A parabola is drawn on the coordinate plane - the graph of a square trinomial. The vertices of triangle $ABC$ lie on this parabola so that the bisector of angle $\angle BAC$ is parallel to the axis $Ox$ . Prove that the midpoint of the median drawn from vertex $A$ lies on the axis of the parabola.
$A(1,1)$ is a point on parabola $y=x^2$. Draw the tangent line of the parabola that passes $A$, the line intersects $x$-axis at $D$, intersects $y$-axis at $B$. $C$ is a point on the parabola, and $E$ is a point on segment $AC$, such that $\frac{AE}{EC}=\lambda_1$, $F$ is a point on segment $BC$, such that $\frac{BF}{FC}=\lambda_2$. If $\lambda_1+\lambda_2=1$, $CD$ and $EF$ intersect at $P$. When $C$ moves, find the path equation of $P$.
Let $l,\ m$ be the tangent lines passing through the point $A(a,\ a-1)$ on the line $y=x-1$ and touch the parabola $y=x^2$.
Note that the slope of $l$ is greater than that of $m$.
(1) Exress the slope of $l$ in terms of $a$.
(2) Denote $P,\ Q$ be the points of tangency of the lines $l,\ m$ and the parabola $y=x^2$.
Find the minimum area of the part bounded by the line segment $PQ$ and the parabola $y=x^2$.
(3) Find the minimum distance between the parabola $y=x^2$ and the line $y=x-1$.
On the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ find the point $T=(x_0,y_0)$ such that the triangle bounded by the axes of the ellipse and the tangent at that point has the least area.
A square $ABCD$ is divided into $(n - 1)^2$ congruent squares, with sides parallel to the sides of the given square. Consider the grid of all $n^2$ corners obtained in this manner. Determine all integers $n$ for which it is possible to construct a non-degenerate parabola with its axis parallel to one side of the square and that passes through exactly $n$ points of the grid.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $AB = AC$. Let $D,E$ be points on $AB,AC$ respectively such that $DE = AC$. Let $DE$ meet the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ at point $T$. Let $P$ be a point on $AT$. Prove that $PD + PE = AT$ if and only if $P$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ADE$.
A convex polygon is such that the distance between any two vertices does not exceed $ 1$.
$ (i)$ Prove that the distance between any two points on the boundary of the polygon does not exceed $ 1$.
$ (ii)$ If $ X$ and $ Y$ are two distinct points inside the polygon, prove that there exists a point $ Z$ on the boundary of the polygon such that $ XZ \plus{} YZ\le1$.
Two congruent triangles are inscribed in an ellipse. Are they necessarily symmetric with respect to an axis or the center of the ellipse?
Two circles in a plane intersect. $A$ is one of the points of intersection. Starting simultaneously from $A$ two points move with constant speed, each travelling along its own circle in the same sense. The two points return to $A$ simultaneously after one revolution. Prove that there is a fixed point $P$ in the plane such that the two points are always equidistant from $P.$
A point whose coordinates are both integers is called a lattice point. How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola $x^2-y^2=2000^2.$
Given a triangle $ABC$. A point $X$ is chosen on a side $AC$. Some circle passes through $X$, touches the side $AC$ and intersects the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ in points $M$ and $N$ such that the segment $MN$ bisects $BX$ and intersects sides $AB$ and $BC$ in points $P$ and $Q$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $PBQ$ passes through a fixed point different from $B$.
[b]proposed by Sergej Berlov[/b]
If ellipse $x^2+4(y-a)^2=4$ and parabola $x^2=2y$ have intersections, then the range value of $a$ is________.
The graph of $ y \equal{} 2x^2 \plus{} 4x \plus{} 3$ has its:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{lowest point at } {(\minus{}1,9)}\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \text{lowest point at } {(1,1)}\qquad \\
\textbf{(C)}\ \text{lowest point at } {(\minus{}1,1)}\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \text{highest point at } {(\minus{}1,9)}\qquad \\
\textbf{(E)}\ \text{highest point at } {(\minus{}1,1)}$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $D$ be a point on the internal angle bisector of $BAC$. Let $x$ be the ellipse with foci $B$ and $C$ passing through $D$, $y$ be the ellipse with foci $A$ and $C$ passing through $D$, and $z$ be the ellipse with foci $A$ and $B$ passing through $D$. Ellipses $x$ and $z$ intersect at distinct points $D$ and $E$, and ellipses $x$ and $y$ intersect at distinct points $D$ and $F$. Prove that $AD$ bisects angle $EAF$.
[i]Andrew Carratu[/i]
Prove that for every centrally symmetric polygon there is at most one ellipse containing the polygon and having the minimal area.
A parabola is inscribed in equilateral triangle $ABC$ of side length $1$ in the sense that $AC$ and $BC$ are tangent to the parabola at $A$ and $B$, respectively.
Find the area between $AB$ and the parabola.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle inscribed in the parabola $y=x^2$ such that the line $AB \parallel$ the axis $Ox$. Also point $C$ is closer to the axis $Ox$ than the line $AB$. Given that the length of the segment $AB$ is 1 shorter than the length of the altitude $CH$ (of the triangle $ABC$). Determine the angle $\angle{ACB}$ .
The given parabola $y=ax^2+bx+c$ doesn't intersect the $X$-axis and passes from the points $A(-2,1)$ and $B(2,9)$. Find all the possible values of the $x$ coordinates of the vertex of this parabola.
Suppose that a parabola has vertex $\left(\tfrac{1}{4},-\tfrac{9}{8}\right)$, and equation $y=ax^2+bx+c$, where $a>0$ and $a+b+c$ is an integer. The minimum possible value of $a$ can be written as $\tfrac{p}{q},$ where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p+q$.
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezium, $AD\parallel BC$, and let $E,F$ be points on the sides$AB$ and $CD$, respectively. The circumcircle of $AEF$ meets $AD$ again at $A_1$, and the circumcircle of $CEF$ meets $BC$ again at $C_1$. Prove that $A_1C_1,BD,EF$ are concurrent.
Two parabolas have equations $y=x^2+ax+b$ and $y=x^2+cx+d$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are integers (not necessarily different), each chosen independently by rolling a fair six-sided die. What is the probability that the parabolas have at least one point in common?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{25}{36} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{5}{6} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{31}{36} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1 $
Points $A(1,2)$, a line that passes $(5,-2)$ intersects the parabola $y^2=4x$ at two points $B,C$. Then, $\triangle ABC$ is
$\text{(A)}$ an acute triangle
$\text{(B)}$ an obtuse triangle
$\text{(C)}$ a right triangle
$\text{(D)}$ not sure