\
(a)
\The hyperbola is .
.
Let be the tangent point with coordinates
.
Slope of the tangent line is the derivative of the curve.
\.
Differentiate on each side with respect to .
Find the slope at .
.
Find the tangent line equation.
\Point -slope form of line equation is .
Substitute and point
in the above formula.
Substitute in the above expression to find
intercept.
\
Substitute in the tangent line to find
intercept.
Therefore line joining the points are and
.
Find the mid point of the line joining points.
\\
Thus the mid point of the line segment cut from the coordinate axes is .
(b)
\Tangent line intersects axis at
,
axis at
.
There formed a right angle triangle by the coordinate axes and tangent line.
\Base of the triangle is and height of the triangle is
.
Area of the right angle triangle with base and height
is given by,
.
Substitute and
in the above formula.
Since area of the triangle does not contains coordinates of .
Therefore area of the triangle does not depends on position of .
\
(a) Mid point of the line segment cut from the coordinate axes is .
Area of the triangle does not depends on position of .