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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
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An ellipse is drawn by taking a diameter of the circle as its semi-minor axis and diameter of the circle is semi-major axis. If the centre of the ellipse is at the origin and its axes are the coordinate axes, then the equation of the ellipse is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it correctly uses the diameters of the given circles as the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the ellipse.
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If and are the ends of minor axis and and are the foci of the ellipse then area of the rhombus will be
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Correct option: C
24 sq. units
Option C (24 sq. units) is correct because the area of the rhombus is half the product of its diagonals, which are the minor axis and the distance between the foci.
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If the length of the major axis of an ellipse is three times the length of its minor axis, its eccentricity, is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it's the eccentricity calculated from the relationship between the major and minor axes of the ellipse.
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The eccentricity of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
Option B (2 / 3) is correct because the eccentricity is calculated using the formula after rewriting the equation in standard ellipse form.
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The condition on and for which two distinct chords of the ellipse passing through are bisected by the line , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the condition derived from the discriminant of the quadratic equation in being non-negative.
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If the latusrectum of an ellipse is equal to one half of its minor axis, then the eccentricity is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the eccentricity calculated from the given condition that the latus rectum is half the minor axis.
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If PSQ is a focal chord of the ellipst such that , then
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Correct option: B
2
Option B (2) is correct because it is derived from the harmonic mean relationship for focal chords.
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The equation of an ellipse whose eccentricity is and the vertices are, and is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the equation of an ellipse with the given eccentricity and vertices.
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Equation of the ellipse whose foci are (2,2) and (4,2) and the major axis is of length 10 is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it satisfies the given foci and major axis length for an ellipse centered at (3, 2).
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Let the line and the ellipse intersect at a point in the first quadrant. If the normal to this ellipse at meets the co-ordinate axes at and then is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because by finding the equation of the normal to the ellipse and using the given intercepts, we can determine the value of .
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If the chord joining points and on the ellipse subtends a right angle at the vertex then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the relationship between the tangents of half angles of the parameters of the points on the ellipse that subtend a right angle at the vertex.
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Statement I : An equation of a common tangent to the parabola and the ellipse is
Statement II : If the line is a common tangent to the parabola and the ellipse , then satisfies
Statement II : If the line is a common tangent to the parabola and the ellipse , then satisfies
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Correct option: B
Statement is true, statement-II is true; statement-II is a correct explanation for statement-I
Whose eccentricity is is the correct answer because after completing the square and rewriting the equation in standard hyperbola form, the eccentricity can be calculated using the formula .
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The eccentricity of the conic is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the eccentricity is calculated by first rewriting the conic equation into standard ellipse form and then applying the eccentricity formula.
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The coordinates of the foci of the ellipse are
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Correct option: C
Option C ((1,1) ;(3,1)) is correct because, after completing the square and transforming the equation to standard form, the foci can be found using the eccentricity and center of the ellipse.
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and are two focii of an ellipse. If the foot of the perpendicular from on a tangent to the ellipse has the coordinates , then the eccentricity of the ellipse, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the eccentricity is calculated using the distance between the foci and the auxiliary circle property.
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The circle contains the ellipse if
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the radius of the circle must be greater than both the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the ellipse for the circle to contain the ellipse.
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If the normal at one end of the latusrectum of an ellipse passes through the one end of the minor axis, then
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is D () because it is derived from the condition that the normal at one end of the latus rectum passes through one end of the minor axis.
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If the tangent drawn at point on the parabola is same as the normal drawn at point on the ellipse . Then, the values of and are
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Correct option: A
and
Option A is correct because by equating the tangent to the parabola and the normal to the ellipse, we can solve for both t and theta.
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Number of points on the ellipse from which pair of perpendicular tangents are drawn to the ellipse is
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Correct option: D
4
Option D (4) is correct because the number of points from which perpendicular tangents can be drawn is equal to the number of intersection points between the director circle of the inner ellipse and the outer ellipse.
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The equation of the ellipse whose foci are at and eccentricity is , is , Then,
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it correctly calculates the values of a² and b² based on the given foci and eccentricity.
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The locus of the point of intersection of tangents to the ellipse , which make complementary angles with -axis, is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the locus of the intersection point of tangents to the ellipse which make complementary angles with the x-axis.
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Let be a variable point on the ellipse with foci and . If be the area of , then the maximum value of , is
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Correct option: B
abe
Option B (abe) is correct because the maximum area of the triangle is obtained when the point P is at the end of the minor axis.
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The equation of the ellipse with eccentricity and foci at is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents an ellipse with the given eccentricity and foci.
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The locus of poles of tangents to the ellipse with respect to concentric ellipse , is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the locus of the poles is found by equating the polar equation to the tangent equation and using the condition for tangency.
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If from a point tangents and are drawn to the ellipse , so that equation of is , then coordinates of is
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Correct option: B
Option B ((2,3)) is correct because the coordinates of P are found by equating the given equation of QR with the equation of the chord of contact.
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The locus of the point of intersection of the perpendicular tangents to ellipse is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the locus of the point of intersection of perpendicular tangents to an ellipse is its director circle, and its equation is .
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The equation of an ellipse, whose eccentricity is and the vertices are and is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is derived from the given eccentricity and vertices to form the equation of the ellipse.
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The locus of mid – points of the line segments joining (-3, -5) and the points on the ellipse is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoints of the line segments, derived using parametric representation of the ellipse and trigonometric identities.
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Suppose and are real numbers and that , then the maximum value of .
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Correct option: C
16
Option C (16) is correct because after completing the square and converting the equation to the standard form of an ellipse, the maximum value of 4x - 9y is found to be 16.
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The foci of the conic section are
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Correct option: C
Option C is correct because the foci of the conic section are found by rewriting the equation in standard form and calculating the eccentricity.
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