JEE-Advanced 2015 (24/40)

Geometry Level 3

Suppose that the foci of the ellipse x 2 9 + y 2 5 = 1 \frac{x^2}{9}+\frac{y^2}{5}=1 are ( f 1 , 0 ) (f_1,0) and ( f 2 , 0 ) (f_2,0) where f 1 > 0 f_1>0 and f 2 < 0 f_2<0 . Let P 1 P_1 and P 2 P_2 be two parabolas with a common vertex at ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) and with foci at ( f 1 , 0 ) (f_1,0) and ( 2 f 2 , 0 ) (2f_2,0) respectively. Let T 1 T_1 be a tangent to P 1 P_1 which passes through ( 2 f 2 , 0 ) (2f_2,0) and T 2 T_2 be a tangent to P 2 P_2 which passes through ( f 1 , 0 ) (f_1,0) . If m 1 m_1 is the slope of T 1 T_1 and m 2 m_2 is the slope of T 2 T_2 , then find the value of ( 1 m 1 2 + m 2 2 ) \left( \frac{1}{m_1^2}+m_2^2 \right)


The answer is 4.

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