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Let  A3a,aa>0  be a fixed point in the xy-plane. The image of A in y-axis be B and the image of B in x-axis be C. If D(3 cos θ, a sin θ) is a point in the fourth quadrant such that the maximum area ofΔACD is 12 square units, then a is equal to _______

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answer is 8.

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A=3a,aThe image of A in y-axis be BB=3a,aThe image of B in x-axis be C C=3a,a
 Area of ACD=123aa13aa13cosθasinθ1=123a(aasinθ)a3a13cosθ+13aasinθ+3acosθ=12(33asinθ+3+3acosθ3asinθ+3acosθ)=12(6asinθ+6acosθ)=62a(cosθsinθ)=3a(cosθsinθ)

max values of function is 3a2
3a2=122a=16a=8

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