Rectangle is inscribed in the ellipse.
\
and
are the side of the rectangle.
The area of the rectangle is
.
The equation of the ellipse is
.

The area of the rectangle is
.

The area of the rectangle is maximum when its first derivative becomes zero.
\Apply derivative on each side with respect to
.

.
Equate
to zero.

Substitute
in
.

Therefore the area of the rectangle is
.
The area of the rectangle is
.