Une hyperbole est rectangulaire si ses asymptotes sont perpendiculaires.
Du centre d’une hyperbole rectangulaire, une perpendiculaire est menée vers une tangente variable.
Trouvez le lieu, en coordonnées polaires, du pied de la perpendiculaire.
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