Let be the tangent to the ellipse at the point . If the area of the region bounded by the tangent , ellipse , lines and is , then is equal to ______.
Answer: 5
Solution
The tangent to at is , while the upper half of the ellipse is ; the two meet at and the ellipse reaches the axis at . The region between them is The straight part gives , and with the elliptic part gives . Subtracting and using , the multiples of cancel and Hence , , , so and .
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