Suppose that the foci of the ellipse are and where and . Let and be two parabolas with a common vertex at and with foci at and , respectively. Let be a tangent to which passes through and be a tangent to which passes through . If is the slope of and is the slope of , then the value of is
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JEE Advanced 2015 · Paper 2, Mathematics question 44
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Official answer: 4
Foci. , so and .
Parabolas.
- : (focus (2, 0)).
- : (focus (−4, 0)).
Tangent through (−4, 0). Tangents to are . Then , so .
Tangent through (2, 0). Tangents to are . Then , so .
Value. .
Answer: 4