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A circle is tangent to both branches of the hyperbola x220y2=24x^{2}-20y^{2}=24 as well as the xx-axis. Compute the area of this circle.

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Solution

Invert about the unit circle centered at the origin. ω\omega turns into a horizontal line, and the hyperbola turns into the following: x2(x2+y2)220y2(x2+y2)2=24x220y2=24(x2+y2)224x4+(48y21)x2+24y4+20y2=0(48y21)24(24)(24y4+20y2)196y21920y2y1/2016\begin{aligned} \frac{x^{2}}{\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)^{2}}-\frac{20y^{2}}{\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)^{2}}=24 & \Longrightarrow x^{2}-20y^{2}=24\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)^{2} \\ & \Longrightarrow 24x^{4}+\left(48y^{2}-1\right)x^{2}+24y^{4}+20y^{2}=0 \\ & \Longrightarrow\left(48y^{2}-1\right)^{2} \geq 4(24)\left(24y^{4}+20y^{2}\right) \\ & \Longrightarrow 1-96y^{2} \geq 1920y^{2} \\ & \Longrightarrow y \leq \sqrt{1/2016} \end{aligned} This means that the horizontal line in question is y=1/2016y=\sqrt{1/2016}. This means that the diameter of the circle is the reciprocal of the distance between the point and line, which is 2016\sqrt{2016}, so the radius is 504\sqrt{504}, and the answer is 504π504\pi.

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