Find the eccentricity! - Part 2

Geometry Level 1

On the coordinate plane, there's an ellipse M : x 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 = 1 ( a > b > 0 ) M:\dfrac{x^2}{a^2}+\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1 (a>b>0) and a hyperbola N : x 2 m 2 y 2 n 2 = 1 N:\dfrac{x^2}{m^2}-\dfrac{y^2}{n^2}=1 .

Point F 1 , F 2 F_1, F_2 are left and right focus points of the ellipse M M . The two asymptotes of the hyperbola N N intersects with the ellipse M M at four points A , B , C , D A,B,C,D .

If A , B , C , D , F 1 , F 2 A,B,C,D,F_1,F_2 are six vertices of a regular hexagon , then find the eccentricity of the ellipse M M and hyperbola N N .

e 1 e_1 is the eccentricity of ellipse M M and e 2 e_2 is the eccentricity of hyperbola N N .

Submit 10000 ( e 1 + e 2 ) \lfloor 10000(e1+e2) \rfloor .


The answer is 27320.

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Equation of the asymptote with positive slope to the given hyperbola is y = m n x y=\dfrac{m}{n}x . From the given conditions of the problem, slope of this line is tan π 3 = 3 \tan {\dfrac{π}{3}}=\sqrt 3 . So, m n = 3 \dfrac{m}{n}=\sqrt 3 and the equation of the line is y = x 3 y=x\sqrt 3 . Eccentricity of the hyperbola is 1 + ( m n ) 2 = 1 + 3 = 2 = e 2 \sqrt {1+(\dfrac{m}{n})^2}=\sqrt {1+3}=2=e_2 . One of the points of intersection of the asymptotes with the ellipse has coordinates ( a b 3 a 2 + b 2 , 3 a b 3 a 2 + b 2 ) (\dfrac{ab}{\sqrt {3a^2+b^2}},\dfrac{\sqrt 3ab}{\sqrt {3a^2+b^2}}) . So 2 × a b 3 a 2 + b 2 = a 2 b 2 2\times {\dfrac{ab}{\sqrt {3a^2+b^2}}}=\sqrt {a^2-b^2} . This yields e 1 4 8 e 1 2 + 4 = 0 e_1^4-8e_1^2+4=0 , where e 1 = 1 ( b a ) 2 e_1=\sqrt {1-(\dfrac{b}{a})^2} . Hence e 1 = 3 1 e_1=\sqrt 3-1 , and e 1 + e 2 = 3 + 1 = 2.7320508075689 e_1+e_2=\sqrt 3+1=2.7320508075689 . Therefore the required answer is 27320 \boxed {27320}

David Vreken
Jan 2, 2020

The regular hexagon can be broken up into 6 6 equilateral triangles, so the asymptotes of the hyperbola must have slopes of ± tan 60 ° = ± 3 \pm \tan 60° = \pm \sqrt{3} . The asymptotes of a hyperbola also have slopes of ± n m \pm \frac{n}{m} . Therefore, ± n m = ± 3 \pm \frac{n}{m} = \pm \sqrt{3} . Either way, the eccentricity of the hyperbola is e 2 = 1 + ( n m ) 2 = 1 + ( ± 3 ) 2 = 2 e_2 = \sqrt{1 + (\frac{n}{m})^2} = \sqrt{1 + (\pm \sqrt{3})^2} = 2 .

Let ( p , q ) (p, q) be the point on the ellipse that intersects with the hyperbola's asymptote in the first quadrant. Since it is on the asymptote that has a slope of 3 \sqrt{3} , q = 3 p q = \sqrt{3}p , and since it is on the ellipse, p 2 a 2 + q 2 b 2 = 1 \frac{p^2}{a^2} + \frac{q^2}{b^2} = 1 . Also, since they are points on a regular hexagon, the distance from ( p , q ) (p, q) to the origin and the distance from the focus ( a 2 b 2 , 0 ) (\sqrt{a^2 - b^2}, 0) to the origin are the same, so that p 2 + q 2 = a 2 b 2 p^2 + q^2 = a^2 - b^2 . These equations solve to b 2 a 2 = 2 3 3 \frac{b^2}{a^2} = 2\sqrt{3} - 3 , which makes the eccentricity of the ellipse e 1 = 1 b 2 a 2 = 1 ( 2 3 3 ) = 4 2 3 = 1 + 3 e_1 = \sqrt{1 - \frac{b^2}{a^2}} = \sqrt{1 - (2\sqrt{3} - 3)} = \sqrt{4 - 2\sqrt{3}} = -1 + \sqrt{3} .

Therefore, 10000 ( e 1 + e 2 ) = 10000 ( ( 1 + 3 ) + 2 ) = 10000 ( 1 + 3 ) = 27320 \lfloor 10000(e_1 + e_2) \rfloor = \lfloor 10000((-1 + \sqrt{3}) + 2) \rfloor = \lfloor 10000(1 + \sqrt{3}) \rfloor = \boxed{27320} .

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