Final answer:
To find the equation of the chord of contact for the given conic 2x^2 + 4xy + y^2 + 4x - 2y + 5 = 0 from the point (1, 1), use the T transformation on the conic's equation.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the equation of the chord of contact of the tangents from the point (1, 1) to the given conic 2x2 + 4xy + y2 + 4x - 2y + 5 = 0, we need to use the concept of chord of contact in conics. The equation of the chord of contact T is given by the transformation T: xX + yY + ... = 0, where (X, Y) is the point from which tangents are drawn, and the terms are derived from the equation of the conic by replacing x2 with xx', y2 with yy', xy with (xy'+x'y)/2, and so on. In this case, we replace x2 with 1x, xy with (x+y)/2, and so on, to obtain the equation of the chord of contact from the point (1, 1). The final equation would be the simplified form after these substitutions and collecting like terms.