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Given information

A rectangle which is inscribed in the ellipse    

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
As per the given question, we can draw the diagram of the rectangle that can be inscribed in the ellipse  

Let PQRS be the rectangle of maximum area with sides PQ = 2x and QR = 2y, where R (x, y) is a point on the ellipse   as shown in the Figure:

 

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