So many lines!

Geometry Level 5

A line M M passing through a fixed point O O intersects n n given straight lines { L i } \{L_i \} at points { B i } \{B_i\} respectively. Suppose there is a point P P on line M M such that the following equation holds true

n O P = i = 1 n 1 O B i \dfrac{n}{OP} = \sum_{i=1}^n \dfrac{1}{OB_i}

then what is the locus of all such points P P ?

Clarification: All the above points lie in R 2 {\mathbf{R}}^2 and A B AB denotes the minimum distance between the points A A and B B .

This setup is impossible Hyperbola Parabola Only one single point P P Pair of parallel straight lines Pair of intersecting straight lines Circle Ellipse

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1 solution

Nitish Deshpande
Apr 22, 2017

Fastest method to get ans Verify for 2 lines Take (0,0) as fixed point And any 2 fixed lines Find locus

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