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Calculus Level 2

As shown above is the elliptical graph of $x^2 + xy + y^2 = 7$ , where $P_{1}$ and $P_{2}$ are the points on the graph with minimum and maximum $x$ coordinates respectively, and the red line $l$ is the linear graph passing through $P_{1}$ and $P_{2}$ .

If the tangent parallel to line $l$ touches the graph at a point $P_{3} (a,b)$ for some real numbers $a,b$ , compute $a^2 + b^2$ .

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