An ellipse has eccentricity $${1 \over 2}$$ and one focus at the point $$P\left( {{1 \over 2},1} \right)$$. Its one directrix is the common tangent, nearer to the point $$P$$, to the circle $${x^2} + {y^2} = 1$$ and the hyperbol;a $${x^2} - {y^2} = 1$$. The equation of the ellipse, in the standard form, is ............

Points $$A, B$$ and $$C$$ lie on the parabola $${y^2} = 4ax$$. The tangents to the parabola at $$A, B$$ and $$C$$, taken in pairs, intersect at points $$P, Q$$ and $$R$$. Determine the ratio of the areas of the triangles $$ABC$$ and $$PQR$$.

Let $$f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {x{e^{ax}},\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x \le 0} \cr {x + a{x^2} - {x^3},\,x > 0} \cr } } \right.$$

Where a is a positive constant. Find the interval in which $$f'(x)$$ is increasing.

A curve $$y=f(x)$$ passes through the point $$P(1, 1)$$. The normal to the curve at $$P$$ is $$a(y-1)+(x-1)=0$$. If the slope of the tangent at any point on the curve is proportional to the ordinate of the point, determine the equation of the curve. Also obtain the area bounded by the $$y$$-axis, the curve and the normal to the curve at $$P$$.