Analytic Geometry - Parabola 2

Geometry Level 5

The focus of the parabola x 2 = 4 y x^2=4y is F F , the directrix is l l , let A A be the arbitrary point in the first quadrant on the parabola.The line passing through F F is perpendicular to A F AF and intersects with the directrix at point B B , the parabola at point M M , N N , respectively.

Question 1 : Is A B AB tangent to the parabola?

Question 2 : If A M A N AM⊥AN , find the coordinate of point A A .

How to submit:

Let X X and Y Y be the answers to Question 1 and Question 2 .

If you think the statement in Question 1 is true, X = 1 X=1 , otherwise X = 0 X=0 .

For Question 2 , The coordinate of point A A is ( x , y ) (x,y) , Y = y x Y=y-x . If you think there are more than one possible point, add up the corresponding y x y-x together to get Y Y . Notice that A A is in the first quadrant .

Submit 10000 ( X + Y ) \lfloor 10000(X+Y) \rfloor .


The answer is 5358.

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1 solution

David Vreken
May 22, 2019

A parabola in the form of x 2 = 4 y x^2 = 4y has a focus of F ( 0 , 1 ) F(0, 1) and a directrix of y = 1 y = -1 .

Let the x x -coordinate of A A be p p . Since A A is on x 2 = 4 y x^2 = 4y , its coordinates are A ( p , p 2 4 ) A(p, \frac{p^2}{4}) .

Line A F AF then has a slope of m A F = p 2 4 4 p m_{AF} = \frac{p^2 - 4}{4p} .

Since B F BF is perpendicular to A F AF , it has a slope of m B F = 4 p p 2 4 m_{BF} = -\frac{4p}{p^2 - 4} .

Since B F BF goes through F ( 0 , 1 ) F(0, 1) , its equation is y = 4 p p 2 4 x + 1 y = -\frac{4p}{p^2 - 4}x + 1 .

Since B B is on y = 1 y = -1 and y = 4 p p 2 4 x + 1 y = -\frac{4p}{p^2 - 4}x + 1 , its coordinates are B ( p 2 4 2 p , 1 ) B(\frac{p^2 - 4}{2p}, -1) .

Line A B AB then has a slope of m A B = p 2 m_{AB} = \frac{p}{2} .

The tangent line to x 2 = 4 y x^2 = 4y at x = p x = p also has a slope of y = p 2 y' = \frac{p}{2} . Therefore, A B AB is tangent to the parabola, so X = 1 X = 1 .

Since M M and N N are on x 2 = 4 y x^2 = 4y and y = 4 p p 2 4 x + 1 y = -\frac{4p}{p^2 - 4}x + 1 , their coordinates are M ( 2 ( p 2 ) p + 2 , ( p 2 ) 2 ( p + 2 ) 2 ) M(\frac{2(p - 2)}{p + 2}, \frac{(p - 2)^2}{(p + 2)^2}) and N ( 2 ( p + 2 ) p 2 , ( p + 2 ) 2 ( p 2 ) 2 ) N(\frac{-2(p + 2)}{p - 2}, \frac{(p + 2)^2}{(p - 2)^2}) .

Line A M AM then has a slope of m A M = p 2 + 4 p 4 4 p + 8 m_{AM} = \frac{p^2 + 4p - 4}{4p + 8} and line A N AN then has a slope of m A N = p 2 4 p 4 4 p 8 m_{AN} = \frac{p^2 - 4p - 4}{4p - 8} .

For A M A N AM \perp AN , m A M m A N = 1 m_{AM} \cdot m_{AN} = -1 , or ( p 2 + 4 p 4 4 p + 8 ) ( p 2 4 p 4 4 p 8 ) = 1 (\frac{p^2 + 4p - 4}{4p + 8})(\frac{p^2 - 4p - 4}{4p - 8}) = -1 . This simplifies to ( p 2 12 ) ( p 2 + 4 ) = 0 (p^2 - 12)(p^2 + 4) = 0 , whose only positive real solution (for the first quadrant) is p = 2 3 p = 2\sqrt{3} .

Therefore, the coordinates of A A are A ( p , p 2 4 ) = A ( 2 3 , 3 ) A(p, \frac{p^2}{4}) = A(2\sqrt{3}, 3) , which means Y = y x = 3 2 3 Y = y - x = 3 - 2\sqrt{3} .

Therefore, 10000 ( X + Y ) = 10000 ( 1 + 3 2 3 ) = 5358 \lfloor 10000(X + Y) \rfloor = \lfloor 10000(1 + 3 - 2\sqrt{3}) \rfloor = \boxed{5358} .

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