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Hyperbola on AMC 10 ?!

Source: 2017 AMC 10B #24

February 16, 2017
conicshyperbolaAMC 102017 AMC 10B

Problem Statement

The vertices of an equilateral triangle lie on the hyperbola xy=1,xy=1, and a vertex of this hyperbola is the centroid of the triangle. What is the square of the area of the triangle?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 48<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 60<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 108<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 120<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 169<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span> \text{ 48} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span> \text{ 60} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span> \text{ 108} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span> \text{ 120} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span> \text{ 169}