Ellipse Butterfly! - Part 2

Geometry Level 4

As shown above, the ellipse has equation: x 2 2020 + y 2 2019 = 1 \dfrac{x^2}{2020}+\dfrac{y^2}{2019}=1 , A ( 40 , 0 ) A(40,0) , B ( 30 , 0 ) B(30,0) . Line l 1 l_1 passing through point A A intersects with the ellipse at point C , D C,D , line B D , B C BD, BC intersects with the ellipse at another point E , F E,F respectively, and line l 2 l_2 passes through E E and F F . l 1 l_1 has slope k 1 k_1 and l 2 l_2 has slope k 2 k_2 .

Then k 2 k 1 \dfrac{k_2}{k_1} is always constant as l 1 l_1 rotates.

If the ratio can be expressed as p q \dfrac{p}{q} , where p , q p,q are positive coprime integers. Submit p + q p+q .


The answer is 41.

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The ratio of k 2 k_2 and k 1 k_1 is always 13 28 \dfrac{13}{28} .

Could you show me your process? Are you using a numerical method?

Alice Smith - 12 months ago

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