2006 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 18

Problem

$K(k,0)$ is the minimum point of the parabola and the parabola intersects the y-axis at the point $\Gamma (0,k)$ . If the area if the rectangle $OAB\Gamma$ is $8$ , then the equation of the parabola is

$\mathrm{(A)}\ y=\frac{1}{2}(x+2)^2\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ y=\frac{1}{2}(x-2)^2\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ y=x^2+2\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ y=x^2-2x+1\qquad\mathrm{(E)}\ y=x^2-4x+4$

Solution

Since the parabola is symmetric about the line $x = k$ , $B$ has coordinates $(2k,k)$ . The area of the rectangle is $k \cdot 2k = 8 \Longrightarrow k = 2$ , so the vertex is at $(2,0)$ .

Thus, the equation of the parabola is $y = a(x-2)^2$ . Plugging in point $(0,2)$ , we find $a = \frac{1}{2}$ , and the answer is $\mathrm{B}$ .

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2006 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 18

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