- A
- B
- C
- D
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Correct answer: A
- Given ellipse and key points
The ellipse is so its semi-major and semi-minor axes are
Hence:
- Center:
- Vertex with positive -coordinate:
- End points of minor axis: and
Since is in the first quadrant and one tangent from touches the ellipse at an end point of the minor axis, that tangent must be the tangent at (not at ).
- Tangent at the end point of minor axis
For the ellipse the tangent at is
Since lies on this tangent, we must have
So only options A and B remain.
- Coordinates of point using area condition
Let be the point of tangency in the fourth quadrant. So
Now area of triangle is given as .
Points are:
Using base , the height from to the -axis is . So Thus,
Since is in the fourth quadrant,
Now substitute into the ellipse: (since fourth quadrant implies ).
Therefore,
- Equation of tangent at
For ellipse the tangent at is
At the tangent is Simplify:
Since lies on this tangent and ,
Hence,
- Check external point condition
We verify that lies outside the ellipse: So the condition is satisfied.
- Evaluate options
- A: ✅
- B: ❌
- C: ❌
- D: ❌
Therefore the correct option is
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