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Problem 980

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10. (20 points) Given the hyperbola C:x2a2y2b2=1(a>0,b>0)C: \frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}}-\frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}}=1(a>0, b>0), points BB and FF are the right vertex and right focus of the hyperbola CC, respectively, and OO is the origin. Point AA is on the positive xx-axis and satisfies OA,OB,OF|O A|,|O B|,|O F| forming a geometric sequence. A line ll is drawn from point FF perpendicular to the asymptotes of the hyperbola CC in the first and third quadrants, with the foot of the perpendicular being PP.
(1) Prove: PAOP=PAFP\overrightarrow{P A} \cdot \overrightarrow{O P}=\overrightarrow{P A} \cdot \overrightarrow{F P};
(2) Let a=1,b=2a=1, b=2, and the line ll intersects the left and right branches of the hyperbola CC at points DD and EE, respectively. Find the value of DFDE\frac{|D F|}{|D E|}.

Official solution

10. (1) The equation of line ll is y=ab(xc)y=-\frac{a}{b}(x-c). From
{y=ab(xc)y=bax \left\{\begin{array}{l} y=-\frac{a}{b}(x-c) \\ y=\frac{b}{a} x \end{array}\right.

we get P(a2c,abc)P\left(\frac{a^{2}}{c}, \frac{a b}{c}\right).
Given that OA,OB,OF|O A|,|O B|,|O F| form a geometric sequence, we have A(a2c,0)A\left(\frac{a^{2}}{c}, 0\right), thus
PA=(0,abc),OP=(a2c,abc),FP=(b2c,abc), \overrightarrow{P A}=\left(0,-\frac{a b}{c}\right), \quad \overrightarrow{O P}=\left(\frac{a^{2}}{c}, \frac{a b}{c}\right), \quad \overrightarrow{F P}=\left(-\frac{b^{2}}{c}, \frac{a b}{c}\right),

Therefore,
PAOP=a2b2c2,PAFP=a2b2c2 \overrightarrow{P A} \cdot \overrightarrow{O P}=-\frac{a^{2} b^{2}}{c^{2}}, \quad \overrightarrow{P A} \cdot \overrightarrow{F P}=-\frac{a^{2} b^{2}}{c^{2}}

Thus,
PAOP=PAFP \overrightarrow{P A} \cdot \overrightarrow{O P}=\overrightarrow{P A} \cdot \overrightarrow{F P}
(2) Given a=1,b=2a=1, b=2, we have c=5,l:y=12(x5)c=\sqrt{5}, l: y=-\frac{1}{2}(x-\sqrt{5}). From
{y=12(x5),x2y24=1 \left\{\begin{array}{l} y=-\frac{1}{2}(x-\sqrt{5}), \\ x^{2}-\frac{y^{2}}{4}=1 \end{array}\right.

eliminating xx and rearranging, we get
15y2165y+16=0. 15 y^{2}-16 \sqrt{5} y+16=0 .

Let D(x1,y1),E(x2,y2)D\left(x_{1}, y_{1}\right), E\left(x_{2}, y_{2}\right), and given that y1>y2\left|y_{1}\right|>\left|y_{2}\right|, and y1,y2y_{1}, y_{2} are the two roots of the above equation. Thus,
y1+y2=16515,y1y2=1615. y_{1}+y_{2}=\frac{16 \sqrt{5}}{15}, \quad y_{1} y_{2}=\frac{16}{15} .

Hence,
y1y2+y2y1=(y1+y2)22y1y2y1y2=103 \frac{y_{1}}{y_{2}}+\frac{y_{2}}{y_{1}}=\frac{\left(y_{1}+y_{2}\right)^{2}-2 y_{1} y_{2}}{y_{1} y_{2}}=\frac{10}{3}

Solving, we get y2y1=3\frac{y_{2}}{y_{1}}=3 or 13\frac{1}{3}.
Since y1>y2\left|y_{1}\right|>\left|y_{2}\right|, we have y2y1=13\frac{y_{2}}{y_{1}}=\frac{1}{3}, thus
DFDE=y1y1y2=11y2y1=32. \frac{|D F|}{|D E|}=\frac{y_{1}}{y_{1}-y_{2}}=\frac{1}{1-\frac{y_{2}}{y_{1}}}=\frac{3}{2} .

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