Coordinated Polygons III
The figure above shows a conic section with the equation . is the origin. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed when all the points intersecting the horizontal and vertical axes are joined together with straight lines.
The answer is 18.
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1 solution
Just put once x = 0 and find y ... then put y = 0 and find x. Now you are left with a bunch of triangles to deal with.... I haven't yet studied conics but I figured it out.