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10-2. Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola
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The minimum area of a triangle formed by any tangent to the ellipse $\frac{{{x^2}}}{{16}} + \frac{{{y^2}}}{{81}} = 1$ and the coordinate axes is
A
$26$
B
$12$
C
$18$
D
$36$
Solution
$\Delta = \left| {\frac{1}{2}\left( {\frac{a}{{\cos \,\theta }}} \right)\left( {\frac{b}{{\sin \,\theta }}} \right)} \right|\, = \,\left| {\frac{{ab}}{{\sin \,2\theta }}} \right|\, \geqslant \,ab$
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