Let $C$ be the circle of minimum area enclosing the ellipse $E: \frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ with eccentricity $\frac{1}{2}$ and foci $( \pm 2,0)$. Let $P Q R$ be a variable triangle, whose vertex $P$ is on the circle $C$ and the side $Q R$ of length $2 a$ is parallel to the major axis of $E$ and contains the point of intersection of $E$ with the negative $y$-axis. Then the maximum area of the triangle $P Q R$ is :

The shortest distance between the curves $y^2=8 x$ and $x^2+y^2+12 y+35=0$ is:

Consider the lines $x(3 \lambda+1)+y(7 \lambda+2)=17 \lambda+5, \lambda$ being a parameter, all passing through a point P. One of these lines (say $L$ ) is farthest from the origin. If the distance of $L$ from the point $(3,6)$ is $d$, then the value of $d^2$ is