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Quad sandwiched between confocal ellipses

Source: Shargyin 2022

March 4, 2022
conicsellipsegeometry

Problem Statement

An ellipse with focus FF is given. Two perpendicular lines passing through FF meet the ellipse at four points. The tangents to the ellipse at these points form a quadrilateral circumscribed around the ellipse. Prove that this quadrilateral is inscribed into a conic with focus FF