is , the directrix is , let be the arbitrary point in the first quadrant on the parabola.The line passing through is perpendicular to and intersects with the directrix at point , the parabola at point , , respectively.
The focus of the parabolaQuestion 1 : Is tangent to the parabola?
Question 2 : If , find the coordinate of point .
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Let and be the answers to Question 1 and Question 2 .
If you think the statement in Question 1 is true, , otherwise .
For Question 2 , The coordinate of point is , . If you think there are more than one possible point, add up the corresponding together to get . Notice that is in the first quadrant .
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A parabola in the form of x 2 = 4 y has a focus of F ( 0 , 1 ) and a directrix of y = − 1 .
Let the x -coordinate of A be p . Since A is on x 2 = 4 y , its coordinates are A ( p , 4 p 2 ) .
Line A F then has a slope of m A F = 4 p p 2 − 4 .
Since B F is perpendicular to A F , it has a slope of m B F = − p 2 − 4 4 p .
Since B F goes through F ( 0 , 1 ) , its equation is y = − p 2 − 4 4 p x + 1 .
Since B is on y = − 1 and y = − p 2 − 4 4 p x + 1 , its coordinates are B ( 2 p p 2 − 4 , − 1 ) .
Line A B then has a slope of m A B = 2 p .
The tangent line to x 2 = 4 y at x = p also has a slope of y ′ = 2 p . Therefore, A B is tangent to the parabola, so X = 1 .
Since M and N are on x 2 = 4 y and y = − p 2 − 4 4 p x + 1 , their coordinates are M ( p + 2 2 ( p − 2 ) , ( p + 2 ) 2 ( p − 2 ) 2 ) and N ( p − 2 − 2 ( p + 2 ) , ( p − 2 ) 2 ( p + 2 ) 2 ) .
Line A M then has a slope of m A M = 4 p + 8 p 2 + 4 p − 4 and line A N then has a slope of m A N = 4 p − 8 p 2 − 4 p − 4 .
For A M ⊥ A N , m A M ⋅ m A N = − 1 , or ( 4 p + 8 p 2 + 4 p − 4 ) ( 4 p − 8 p 2 − 4 p − 4 ) = − 1 . This simplifies to ( p 2 − 1 2 ) ( p 2 + 4 ) = 0 , whose only positive real solution (for the first quadrant) is p = 2 3 .
Therefore, the coordinates of A are A ( p , 4 p 2 ) = A ( 2 3 , 3 ) , which means Y = y − x = 3 − 2 3 .
Therefore, ⌊ 1 0 0 0 0 ( X + Y ) ⌋ = ⌊ 1 0 0 0 0 ( 1 + 3 − 2 3 ) ⌋ = 5 3 5 8 .