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Let be the position vector of a point in the Cartesian plane such that , and . A tangent line is drawn to the curve at the point with abscissa 2. The tangent cuts the -axis at is equal to

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The locus of is the circle with centre . The point is at distance from the centre. The maximum distance is and the minimum is . So and . Hence .

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