Problem

Source: 2024 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round

Tags: algebra, parallelogram, quadratics, conics, parabola, geometry



On a cartesian plane a parabola $y = x^2$ is drawn. For a given $k > 0$ we consider all trapezoids inscribed into this parabola with bases parallel to the x-axis, and the product of the lengths of their bases is exactly $k$. Prove that the lateral sides of all such trapezoids share a common point.