Explanation Results used: The two curves intersect each other at right angles if the tangent at that point of intersection are perpendicular to each other. Two lines are perpendicular to each other if the product of there slopes is −1. The slope of a tangent line to a curve y = f ( x ) is d d x ( y ) . Calculation: Let the equation of the ellipse be x 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 = 1 and equation of the hyperbola be x 2 A 2 − y 2 B 2 = 1 . Assume that both the curves has foci at ( ± c , 0 ) . For an ellipse note that b 2 = a 2 − c 2 and for a hyperbola note that B 2 = c 2 − A 2 . Therefore the equation of the ellipse is x 2 a 2 + y 2 a 2 − c 2 = 1 and the equation of a hyperbola is x 2 A 2 − y 2 c 2 − A 2 = 1 . Let the point of intersection be P ( x 0 , y 0 ) . Substitute ( x 0 , y 0 ) in x 2 a 2 + y 2 a 2 − c 2 = 1 and x 2 A 2 + y 2 c 2 − A 2 = 1 and subtract the equations to obtain the following. x 0 2 a 2 + y 0 2 a 2 − c 2 − x 0 2 A 2 + y 0 2 c 2 − A 2 = 0 x 0 2 ( 1 a 2 − 1 A 2 ) + y 0 2 ( 1 a 2 − c 2 + 1 c 2 − A 2 ) = 0 x 0 2 ( A 2 − a 2 a 2 A 2 ) + y 0 2 ( a 2 − A 2 ( a 2 − c 2 ) ( c 2 − A 2 ) ) = 0 x 0 2 ( A 2 − a 2 a 2 A 2 ) = − y 0 2 ( a 2 − A 2 ( a 2 − c 2 ) ( c 2 − A 2 ) ) Simplify further as follows. x 0 2 y 0 2 = ( A 2 − a 2 ( a 2 − c 2 ) ( c 2 − A 2 ) ) ( A 2 − a 2 a 2 A 2 ) x 0 2 y 0 2 = a 2 A 2 ( a 2 − c 2 ) ( c 2 − A 2 ) Therefore, x 0 2 y 0 2 = a 2 A 2 ( a 2 − c 2 ) ( c 2 − A 2 ) (1) The slope of the tangent line to the ellipse is given as follows

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