Problem

Source: 2019 Belarusian National Olympiad 10.1

Tags: hyperbola, analytic geometry, graphing lines, algebra



The two lines with slopes $2$ and $1/2$ pass through an arbitrary point $T$ on the axis $Oy$ and intersect the hyperbola $y=1/x$ at two points. a) Prove that these four points lie on a circle. b) The point $T$ runs through the entire $y$-axis. Find the locus of centers of such circles. (I. Gorodnin)