Tangents to conic sections
[33/79%]Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve:
at the point
at the point
at the point
at the point
at the point
at the point .
Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve:
at the point belonging to the given curve.
Under what necessary and sufficient condition is the line tangent to:
the ellipse ;
the hyperbola
the hyperbola ;
the hyperbola
the parabola
Under what necessary and sufficient condition is the vector a direction vector of some tangent line to the hyperbola ?
Verify that the given line is tangent to the given curve, and find the coordinates of the point of tangency:
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Find the equations of the tangent lines to the ellipse
parallel to the line
perpendicular to this same line
making an angle of with the line .
Find the equations of the tangent lines to the hyperbola , parallel to the line:
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Find the equation of the tangent line to the parabola , perpendicular to the line:
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Which points on the given curve of the second order are at the smallest distance from the given line? Find this distance.
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Given the ellipse . Find the distances:
from the foci of the ellipse to the tangent line to it at the point
between the tangent lines to the ellipse parallel to the line .
Find the equation of an ellipse whose axes coincide with the coordinate axes, if it:
contains the point and is tangent to the line
is tangent to the lines and .
Find the equation of a hyperbola whose axes coincide with the coordinate axes, if it:
contains the point and is tangent to the line ;
is tangent to the lines and .
Find the equation of a hyperbola with asymptotes , tangent to the line .
Find the equation of a parabola:
symmetric with respect to the axis and tangent to the lines
given by a canonical equation and tangent to the line .
Find the equations of the normals to the ellipse making an angle of with its major axis.
Find the equation of the tangent line to the parabola whose segment between the point of tangency and the directrix is bisected by the axis Oy.
Let be the vertex of a parabola, an arbitrary point of it, and the tangent lines to the parabola at the points and , the point of intersection of the lines and the projection of the segment onto . Prove that the point bisects the segment . Indicate the resulting method for constructing the tangent line to a parabola.
Prove that:
the segment of a tangent line to a hyperbola between its asymptotes is bisected by the point of tangency
all triangles formed by the asymptotes of a hyperbola and an arbitrary tangent line to it have one and the same area; express this area in terms of the semi-axes of the hyperbola.
Prove that the chord joining the points of tangency of an ellipse (a hyperbola) with two parallel lines passes through the center of the curve.
Prove that the midpoints of the chords of an ellipse (a hyperbola) parallel to a given line lie on one line . Moreover, the tangent lines to the curve at the points where it meets the line are parallel to the line .
Find the equations of the sides of a square circumscribed about the ellipse .
Find the equations of the sides of an equilateral triangle circumscribed about the ellipse , if:
one of the vertices of the triangle lies on the axis
one of the vertices of the triangle lies on the axis .
Under what necessary and sufficient condition can two tangent lines be drawn through the point :
to the ellipse
to the hyperbola
to the parabola
Find the equations of the tangent lines to the ellipse passing through the point:
Find the equations of the tangent lines to the hyperbola passing through the point:
Find the equations of the tangent lines to the parabola passing through the point:
If there are two such tangent lines, compute the area of the triangle formed by the tangent lines and the directrix.
Through the point two tangent lines are drawn to a curve of the second order. Prove that the line passing through the points of tangency is given by the equation:
for the ellipse
for the hyperbola
for the parabola .
Find the equations of the common tangent lines to two curves of the second order:
and
and
and
and
and
and
and .
Prove that:
the normal to an ellipse at an arbitrary point of it bisects the angle formed by the rays issuing from this point and passing through the foci of the ellipse
the tangent line to a hyperbola at an arbitrary point of it bisects the angle formed by the rays issuing from this point and passing through the foci of the hyperbola
the normal to a parabola at an arbitrary point of it bisects the angle formed by the ray issuing from this point and passing through the focus of the parabola, and the ray issuing from this point, lying inside the parabola and parallel to its axis.
Prove that:
the tangent lines at the points of intersection of an ellipse and a hyperbola having common foci are mutually perpendicular
the tangent lines at the points of intersection of two parabolas with a common focus and oppositely directed axes are mutually perpendicular.
From an arbitrary point of the directrix of a curve of the second order two tangent lines are drawn to this curve. Prove that the line joining the points of tangency passes through the focus corresponding to this directrix.
Find the equations of the tangent lines to the curve :
parallel to the line
perpendicular to the line
parallel to the line .
Find the equations of the tangent lines to the curve passing through the point:
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