Found problems: 487
Consider a right cylinder with height $5\sqrt3$. A plane intersects each of the bases of the cylinder at exactly one point, and the cylindric section (the intersection of the plane and the cylinder) forms an ellipse. Find the product of the sum and the di erence of the lengths of the major and minor axes of this ellipse.
[i]Note:[/i] An ellipse is a regular oval shape resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base. The major axis is the longer diameter and the minor axis the shorter.
In the $ xy$ plane, the line $ l$ touches to 2 parabolas $ y\equal{}x^2\plus{}ax,\ y\equal{}x^2\minus{}2ax$, where $ a$ is positive constant.
(1) Find the equation of $ l$.
(2) Find the area $ S$ bounded by the parabolas and the tangent line $ l$.
A sequence of distinct circles $\omega_1, \omega_2, \cdots$ is inscribed in the parabola $y=x^2$ so that $\omega_n$ and $\omega_{n+1}$ are tangent for all $n$. If $\omega_1$ has diameter $1$ and touches the parabola at $(0,0)$, find the diameter of $\omega_{1998}$.
Let $A$ be the closed region bounded by the following three lines in the $xy$ plane: $x=1, y=0$ and $y=t(2x-t)$, where $0<t<1$. Prove that the area of any triangle inside the region $A$, with two vertices $P(t,t^2)$ and $Q(1,0)$, does not exceed $\frac{1}{4}.$
Let $l,m$ be two parallel lines in the plane.
Let $P$ be a fixed point between them.
Let $E,F$ be variable points on $l,m$ such that the angle $EPF$ is fixed to a number like $\alpha$ where $0<\alpha<\frac{\pi}2$.
(By angle $EPF$ we mean the directed angle)
Show that there is another point (not $P$) such that it sees the segment $EF$ with a fixed angle too.
Let A be be a point outside the circle C, and AB and AC be the two tangents from A to this circle C. Let L be an arbitrary tangent to C that cuts AB and AC in P and Q. A line through P parallel to AC cuts BC in R. Prove that while L varies, QR passes through a fixed point. :)
In $xyz$ space, find the volume of the solid expressed by $x^2+y^2\leq z\le \sqrt{3}y+1.$
Let $f(x) = ax^2 + bx+ c$ and $g(x) = cx^2 + bx + a$. If $|f(0)| \leq 1, |f(1)| \leq 1, |f(-1)| \leq 1$, prove that for $|x| \leq 1$,
[b](a)[/b] $|f(x)| \leq 5/4$,
[b](b)[/b] $|g(x)| \leq 2$.
Let $ABC$ an isosceles triangle, $P$ a point belonging to its interior. Denote $M$, $N$ the intersection points of the circle $\mathcal{C}(A, AP)$ with the sides $AB$ and $AC$, respectively.
Find the position of $P$ if $MN+BP+CP$ is minimum.
Find the positive value of $ a$ such that the curve $ C_1: x \equal{} \sqrt {2y^2 \plus{} \frac {25}{2}}$ tangent to the parabola $ C_2: y \equal{} ax^2$, then find the equation of the tangent line of $ C_1$ at the point of tangency.
Let $\triangle{ABC}$ be a scalene triangle with incentre $I$ and circumcircle $\omega$. Lines $AI, BI, CI$ intersect $\omega$ for the second time at points $D, E, F$, respectively. The parallel lines from $I$ to the sides $BC, AC, AB$ intersect $EF, DF, DE$ at points $K, L, M$, respectively. Prove that the points $K, L, M$ are collinear.
[i](Cyprus)[/i]
Let $P_1$, $P_2$, $P_3$ be pairwise distinct parabolas in the plane. Find the maximum possible number of intersections between two or more of the $P_i$. In other words, find the maximum number of points that can lie on two or more of the parabolas $P_1$, $P_2$, $P_3$ .
The graph $y=x^2+ax+b$ intersects any of the two axes at points $A$, $B$, and $C$. The incenter of triangle $ABC$ lies on the line $y=x$. Prove that $a+b+1=0$.
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitude $\overline{AH}$, and let $P$ be a variable point such that the angle bisectors $k$ and $\ell$ of $\angle PBC$ and $\angle PCB$, respectively, meet on $\overline{AH}$. Let $k$ meet $\overline{AC}$ at $E$, $\ell$ meet $\overline{AB}$ at $F$, and $\overline{EF}$ meet $\overline{AH}$ at $Q$. Prove that as $P$ varies, line $PQ$ passes through a fixed point.
What is the graph of $y^4+1=x^4+2y^2$ in the coordinate plane?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \textbf{Two intersecting parabolas} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \textbf{Two nonintersecting parabolas} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \textbf{Two intersecting circles} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \textbf{A circle and a hyperbola} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \textbf{A circle and two parabolas}$
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral and let $P$ be the point of intersection of $AC$ and $BD$. Suppose that $AC+AD=BC+BD$. Prove that the internal angle bisectors of $\angle ACB$, $\angle ADB$ and $\angle APB$ meet at a common point.
Determine all real numbers $ a$ such that the inequality $ |x^2 \plus{} 2ax \plus{} 3a|\le2$ has exactly one solution in $ x$.
Points $A(0,0)$ and $B(1,1)$ are located on the parabola $y=x^2$. A third point $C$ is positioned on this parabola between $A$ and $B$ such that $AC=CB=r$. What is $r^2$?
Let be given a real number $\alpha\ne0$. Show that there is a unique point $P$ in the coordinate plane, such that for every line through $P$ which intersects the parabola $y=\alpha x^2$ in two distinct points $A$ and $B$, segments $OA$ and $OB$ are perpendicular (where $O$ is the origin).
In the coordinate plane with the origin $O$, consider points $P(t+2,\ 0),\ Q(0, -2t^2-2t+4)\ (t\geq 0).$ If the $y$-coordinate of $Q$ is nonnegative, then find the area of the region swept out by the line segment $PQ$.
[i]2011 Ritsumeikan University entrance exam/Pharmacy[/i]
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitude $\overline{AH}$, and let $P$ be a variable point such that the angle bisectors $k$ and $\ell$ of $\angle PBC$ and $\angle PCB$, respectively, meet on $\overline{AH}$. Let $k$ meet $\overline{AC}$ at $E$, $\ell$ meet $\overline{AB}$ at $F$, and $\overline{EF}$ meet $\overline{AH}$ at $Q$. Prove that as $P$ varies, line $PQ$ passes through a fixed point.
Let $d$ be a positive number. On the parabola, whose equation has the coefficient $1$ at the quadratic term, points $A, B$ and $C$ are chosen in such a way that the difference of the $x$-coordinates of points $A$ and $B$ is $d$ and the difference of the $x$-coordinates of points $B$ and $C$ is also $d$. Find the area of the triangle $ABC$.
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 $ADE$.
Consider the parabola consisting of the points $(x, y)$ in the real plane satisfying
$$(y + x) = (y - x)^2 + 3(y - x) + 3.$$
Find the minimum possible value of $y$.
The base $A_{1}A_{2}\ldots A_{n}$ of the pyramid $VA_{1}A_{2}\ldots A_{n}$ is a regular polygon. Prove that if \[\angle VA_{1}A_{2}\equiv \angle VA_{2}A_{3}\equiv \cdots \equiv \angle VA_{n-1}A_{n}\equiv \angle VA_{n}A_{1},\] then the pyramid is regular.