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slope product and area of triangle
smartvong   1
N Mar 6, 2025 by Lankou
Let \( O \) be the origin, \( A(1,0) \), and \( B(-1,0) \). The product of the slopes of the lines \( AM \) and \( BM \) is 4. The trajectory of the moving point \( M \) is denoted by \( E \).

(1) Find the equation of \( E \).

(2) A line \( l \) passes through the point \( (0,-3) \) and intersects \( E \) at points \( P \) and \( Q \). The midpoint \( D \) of segment \( PQ \) lies in the first quadrant with a vertical coordinate of \( \frac{3}{2} \). Find the area of \( \triangle OPQ \).
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smartvong
Mar 5, 2025
Lankou
Mar 6, 2025
Integer points on the line
Silverfalcon   8
N Feb 26, 2025 by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
A line passes through $ A(1,1)$ and $ B(100,1000)$. How many other points with integer coordinates are on the line and strictly between $ A$ and $ B$?

$ \textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9$
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Silverfalcon
Nov 7, 2005
SomeonecoolLovesMaths
Feb 26, 2025
[PMO26 Qualifying II.13] Three Lines (That) Form A Triangle
kae_3   0
Feb 23, 2025
Three lines with slope $1$, $7$, and $c$ intersect to form a nondegenerate isosceles triangle. If $1<c<7$, what is $c$?

$\text{(a) }\frac{8}{7}\qquad\text{(b) }\frac{13}{7}\qquad\text{(c) }2\qquad\text{(d) }\frac{15}{7}$

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kae_3
Feb 23, 2025
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Line of slope i
eduD_looC   1
N Dec 19, 2024 by MineCuber
What happens when you rotate a line of slope $i$ by $\theta$ degrees? All I've got is that if $\theta=90$, then the new line should still have slope $i$ since $i \times i = -1$. :/

On a second thought, is it even possible to rotate such a line?

I remember reading about this because "five points determine a conic" and "three points are sufficient to determine a circle". So there are two special points on all circles (smth like that).
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eduD_looC
Dec 19, 2024
MineCuber
Dec 19, 2024
A Certain Function
4everwise   4
N Jul 24, 2024 by RedFireTruck
A certain function $f$ has the properties that $f(3x)=3f(x)$ for all positive real values of $x$, and that $f(x)=1-\mid x-2 \mid$ for $1\leq x \leq 3$. Find the smallest $x$ for which $f(x)=f(2001)$.
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4everwise
Dec 28, 2006
RedFireTruck
Jul 24, 2024
conics time :(
am07   2
N Jun 24, 2024 by AndrewTom
A normal with slope $\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}$ is drawn from the point $(0, -\alpha)$ to the parabola $x^2 = -4ay,$ where $a>0.$ Let $L$ be the line passing through $(0, -\alpha)$ and parallel to the directrix of the parabola. Suppose that $L$ intersects the parabola at two points $A$ and $B.$ Let $r$ denote the length of the latus rectum and $s$ denote the square of the length of the line segment $AB.$ If $r : s = 1 : 16,$ then the value of $24a$ is ______.
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am07
Jun 22, 2024
AndrewTom
Jun 24, 2024
Convex function trouble
Sedro   2
N Jun 17, 2024 by Sedro
Suppose a function $f$ satisfies $f(x)+f(y) \ge 2f(\tfrac{x+y}{2})$ for all real $x,y$. Then, we have \begin{align*} f(x)+f(y) &\ge 2f(\tfrac{x+y}{2}) \\ f(x)+f(-y) &\ge 2f(\tfrac{x-y}{2}). \end{align*}We also have \[f(\tfrac{x+y}{2}) + f(\tfrac{x-y}{2}) \ge 2f(x).\]Adding the first two inequalities and using the third, we have \[2f(x) + f(y)+f(-y) \ge 2(f(\tfrac{x+y}{2}) + f(\tfrac{x-y}{2})) \ge 4f(x),\]which implies $f(y)+f(-y) \ge 2f(x)$. But this means $f$ is bounded above which is absurd -- take the identity function. I feel I am making some blithely stupid mistake, but I can't see what. Any help is appreciated :)
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Sedro
Jun 17, 2024
Sedro
Jun 17, 2024
Could you find the reference of this problem? pic? GEOMETRY
KR_Geometry   1
N Apr 5, 2024 by vanstraelen
Incircle is attached on ABCD
And the slope of AB is root3
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KR_Geometry
Apr 5, 2024
vanstraelen
Apr 5, 2024
Student F back at it again
fruitmonster97   1
N Mar 6, 2024 by AndrewTom
Student F is in a trig class, but they missed the first three classes, so when asked for the value of the tangent of $2\pi$ in homework, they assume the problem is asking for the y-intercept of the tangent line of a circle centered at the origin with area $\pi$ with slope $2.$ Assuming they got their intepretation of the problem correct, what is the difference between their answer and the correct answer?
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fruitmonster97
Mar 6, 2024
AndrewTom
Mar 6, 2024
Geometry problem
Rice_Farmer   3
N Feb 24, 2024 by Rice_Farmer
Let $x$ and $y$ be real numbers with $x^2+y^2-11x-8y+44=0$ such that the value of $\frac{y}{x}$ is maximized. Find $11x+8y.$
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Rice_Farmer
Feb 24, 2024
Rice_Farmer
Feb 24, 2024
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