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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
Ellipse practice · Mixed difficulty
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If the normal at the point to the ellipse intersects it again at the point , then is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B (-) is correct because it is the solution to the equation derived from the intersection of the normal and the ellipse.
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If the point of intersection of the ellipses and are at the extremities of the conjugate diameters of the former, then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the relationship between the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the two ellipses when their intersection points are at the extremities of conjugate diameters.
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The eccentricity of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
Option B (2 / 3) is correct because, after rewriting the equation in standard form, the eccentricity is calculated using the formula since b > a.
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The equation of the ellipse whose axes are of length 6 and and their equations are and respectively, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the equation of the ellipse with given axes lengths and equations.
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The minimum distance of the centre of the ellipse from the chord of contact of mutually perpendicular tangents of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the minimum distance from the center of the ellipse to the chord of contact of mutually perpendicular tangents, which is related to the radius of the director circle.
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If the chord of contact of tangents drawn from a point to the ellipse subtends a right-angle at its centre, then lies on
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the locus of point P such that the chord of contact subtends a right angle at the center of the ellipse.
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The eccentricity of the conic is
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is because it is the eccentricity calculated from the given equation of the ellipse.
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A man running round a race course notes that the sum of the distances of two flag posts from him is always 10m and the distance between the flag posts is 8m. The area of the path he encloses (in square metre) is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the area of the elliptical path is calculated using the formula , where a and b are the semi-major and semi-minor axes, respectively.
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Tangent at a point on the ellipse is drawn which cuts the coordinates axes at and . The minimum area of the triangle is ( being origin)
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Correct option: A
Option D () is correct because it represents the coordinates of point D, which is the intersection of the third normal from point C with the parabola.
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is a diameter of The eccentric angle of is . Then, the eccentric angle of is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the eccentric angle of point B, which is diametrically opposite to point A.
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For the ellipse , four normals cannot be drawn through a point unless ( being the eccentricity of the ellipse)
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Correct option: C
Option D is correct because the condition for four normals to be drawn from a point (h,0) to the ellipse is |h| < ae2.
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The foci of the ellipse and the hyperbola coincide. Then, the value of is
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Correct option: C
7
Option C (7) is correct because the value of b² is calculated by equating the foci of the ellipse and hyperbola.
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If the normal at the end of latusrectum of the ellipse passes through , then (where is eccentricity) equals
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Correct option: A
1
The correct answer is 1 because the given condition implies a relationship between the eccentricity and the semi-major/minor axes, leading to .
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Let be a point from which two perpendicular tangents can be drawn to the ellipse If , then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the point lies on the director circle of the ellipse, and by expressing and in terms of trigonometric functions, we can find the range of .
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The equation of a directrix of the ellipse is
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C () because it represents the equation of the directrix of the given ellipse.
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is a point on the circle The locus of the mid-points of chords of contact of with respect to is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoints of the chords of contact of tangents from a point on the circle to the ellipse.
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Consider an ellipse with major and minor axes of length 10 and 8 units respectively. The radius of largest circle that can be inscribed in this ellipse, it is given that centre of this circle is one focus of the ellipse is
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Correct option: A
2
Option A (2) is correct because the radius of the largest circle that can be inscribed in the ellipse with its center at one focus is equal to a - ae, where a is the semi-major axis and e is the eccentricity.
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The equation of chord of ellipse which is bisected at the point
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is obtained by using the equation for the chord bisected at a given point.
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If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is 6 and the distance between its directrices is 12, then the length of its latusrectum is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the length of the latus rectum calculated from the given distance between foci and directrices.
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The equation of normal at the point of the ellipse is
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Correct option: D
-axis
Option D (-axis) is correct because the normal to the ellipse at the point (0,3) is along the y-axis.
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If the distance between the directrices be thrice the distance between the foci, then the eccentricity of ellipse is
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Correct option: C
Option C (-4) is correct because it is found using the condition for tangency.
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If the coordinates of two points are and respectively and is any point on the conic, then is equal to
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Correct option: B
8
The correct answer is B (8) because it represents the sum of the distances from any point P on the ellipse to the two foci A and B, which is equal to 2a, where a is the semi-major axis.
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If the tangent at the point to the ellipse is also a tangent to the circle , then the value of is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the value of for which the tangent to the ellipse is also a tangent to the circle, found by equating the distance from the center of the circle to the tangent line with the radius of the circle.
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The middle point of the chord of the conic is
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Correct option: D
Option D ((-1,1)) is correct because it represents the midpoint of the chord formed by the intersection of the given line and conic.
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If represents an ellipse with major axis as -axis and is a decreasing function, then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the condition for the major axis to be the Y-axis leads to the inequality , which gives the specified interval.
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Let and be two foci of an ellipse. If the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular from focus to a tangent to the ellipse is , then the eccentricity of the ellipse, is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the eccentricity is calculated using the distance between foci and the property that the foot of the perpendicular from the focus to a tangent lies on the auxiliary circle.
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If the tangent at a point on the parabola is parallel to the line and the tangents at the points and on the ellipse are perpendicular to the line , then the area of the triangle is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the area of the triangle formed by the point on the parabola and the two points on the ellipse, calculated using coordinate geometry.
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The tangent at point on the ellipse cuts the minor axis in and is drawn perpendicular to the minor axis. If is the centre of the ellipse, then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the product of CQ and CR is equal to the square of the semi-minor axis of the ellipse.
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The position of the point w.r.t. the ellipse is
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Correct option: C
On the major axis
Option C (On the major axis) is correct because substituting the point (1,3) into the ellipse equation results in a negative value, indicating the point lies inside the ellipse, specifically on the major axis.
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If is one of the angles between the normals to the ellipse at the points whose eccentric angles are and , then is
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Correct option: A
Option A, , is the correct expression for derived from the angle between the normals to the ellipse.
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