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In summary, the problem described in the conversation is finding the coordinates of the upper left corner of a rectangle that fits inside a reduced ellipse, where the original rectangle has a width of "w" and a height of "h" and the reduced ellipse has semi-axes of length "pw/2" and "ph/2". The coordinates must satisfy the equation of the ellipse, which is given by \frac{x^2}{\left(\frac{pw}{2}\right)^2}+ \frac{y^2}{\left(\frac{ph}{2}\right)^2}= 1.
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Take the original rectangle to have width "w" and height "h". Then the "reduced" ellipse has axe of length pw and ph, semi-axes pw/2 and ph/2, and is given by the equation [tex]\frac{x^2}{\left(\frac{pw}{2}\right)^2}+ \frac{y^2}{\left(\frac{ph}{2}\right)^2}= \frac{4x^2}{p^2w^2}+ \frac{4y^2}{p^2h^2}= 1[/tex].

Now, we have a rectangle Bwa by Bha that fits inside that reduced ellipse. Setting up a coordinate system with origin at the center of the ellipse, coordinate axes along the axes of the ellipse. In that coordinate system, the upper left corner of the rectangle has coordinates (Bwa/2, Bha/2) and, since that corner lies on the ellipse, must satisfy the equation of the ellipse. That is, we must have [tex]\frac{Bwa^2}{p^2w^2}+ \frac{Bha^2}{p^2h^2}= 1[/tex]
 

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