A hint to get started
Recover a hyperbola from tangent-intercept midpoints
The curve has , .
(i) The line cuts at and . Find the exact length of . marks
(ii) The tangent at meets the x-axis at and the y-axis at . Let be the midpoint of . Find the cartesian equation of the curve traced by as varies. marks
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CJC · Review problems · Question 11
Compute the two tangent intercepts before averaging their coordinates.