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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
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The product of the perpendiculars drawn from the two foci of an ellipse to the tangent at any point of the ellipse, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the product of perpendiculars from foci to any tangent of an ellipse equals the square of the semi-minor axis.
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The area (in square units) of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the end-points of latusrecta to the ellipse , is
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Correct option: B
27
Option B (27) is correct because it represents the area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the endpoints of the latus recta of the ellipse.
393
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If the length of the latusrectum of the ellipse is , then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because these are the values of that satisfy the given condition for the length of the latus rectum.
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If and are real numbers such that , then the largest possible value of is
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Correct option: A
9
Option A (9) is correct because by parameterizing the ellipse and maximizing the given expression, the largest possible value is found to be 9.
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The sum of the squares of the perpendicular on any tangent to the ellipse from two points on the minor axis, each at a distance from the centre, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the sum of the squares of the perpendiculars simplifies to after algebraic manipulation and using the ellipse properties.
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The area of the triangle formed by three points on the ellipse whose eccentric angles are and is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the area of the triangle formed by the given points on the ellipse using eccentric angles.
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The equation represent the ellipse if
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Correct option: B
Option D () is correct because for the equation to represent an ellipse, both denominators must be positive.
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In an ellipse the distance between the foci is 8 and the distance between the directrices is 25. The length of major axis is
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is A () because it represents the length of the major axis of the ellipse, calculated using the given distances between the foci and directrices.
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The sum of the focal distances of any point on the conic is
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Correct option: A
10
Option C () is correct because these parametric coordinates satisfy the equation of the hyperbola .
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If is the point on the auxiliary circle corresponding to a point on an ellipse.
Then, the normals at and meet on
Then, the normals at and meet on
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Correct option: A
A fixed circle
Option A (A fixed circle) is correct because the normals at P and Q meet on a fixed circle.
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A tangent at any point to the ellipse is cut by the tangent at the extremities of the major axis at and . The circle on as diameter passes through the point
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the circle on TT' as diameter passes through this point, as derived from the equation of the circle.
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The eccentricity of the ellipse , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the eccentricity is calculated using the formula after converting the equation to standard form.
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The value of , if are conjugate points with respect to the ellipse is
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Correct option: C
6
The correct answer is 6 because it satisfies the condition for conjugate points with respect to the given ellipse.
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The foci of the ellipse, are at,
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Correct option: A
and
The correct answer is A ((-1,2) and (-1,-6)) because it correctly identifies the foci of the ellipse after translating the standard ellipse equation.
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Let the tangent and normal at the point on the ellipse meet the -axis at the points and respectively. Let the circle be drawn taking as a diameter and the line intersect at the points and . If the tangents at the points and on the circle intersect at the point , then is equal to
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C () because it is the value of after finding the intersection point of tangents to the circle constructed with the segment AB as diameter.
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If and are the eccentricities of the ellipse, and the hyperbola, respectively and is a point on the ellipse, , then is equal to
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Correct option: D
16
Option D (16) is correct because after calculating the eccentricities of the ellipse and hyperbola, substituting them into the given ellipse equation yields k=16.
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If and are respectively the eccentricities of the ellipse and the hyperbola then the relation between and is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the correct relationship between the eccentricities of the given ellipse and hyperbola.
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If the polar with respect to touches the ellipse the locus of its pole is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the locus of the pole when the polar with respect to the parabola touches the given ellipse.
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If the normals at the points and of an ellipse meet in a point , then is equal to (where, is one of the foci)
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because after substituting and simplifying the expression for the product of distances from the foci to the points, it equals .
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The eccentricity of the conic is
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C () because it represents the eccentricity of the given conic section after rewriting it in standard form and identifying the major and minor axes.
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The equation of normal at the point of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the normal at the point (0,3) of the ellipse is the y-axis.
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Analyzing
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The locus of the mid-points of chords of the ellipse that touch the circle is
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoints of chords of the ellipse that touch the given circle.
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If represents a chord of the ellipse whose eccentric angles differ by , then
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Correct option: C
Option A (Focus) is correct because the normal chord at (x1, x1) subtends a right angle at the focus of the parabola.
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The locus of the middle points of chords of an ellipse which pass through a fixed point is
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Correct option: A
An ellipse
Option A (An ellipse) is correct because the locus of the midpoints of chords passing through a fixed point in an ellipse is another ellipse.
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In an ellipse, with centre at the origin, if the difference of the lengths of major axis and minor axis is 10 and one of the foci is at then the length of its latus rectum is
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Correct option: A
5
Option A (5) is correct because, using the given information about the ellipse and its foci, we can solve for the parameters and find the length of the latus rectum.
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The tangent at a point to the ellipse cuts the auxiliary circle at points and . If subtends a right angle at the centre of the ellipse, then the eccentricity of the ellipse, is
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Correct option: B
Option C (An ellipse) is correct because the locus of the point of intersection of tangents at P and Q to the ellipse is another ellipse.
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The eccentricity of the conic is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because, after rewriting the equation in standard form, the eccentricity is calculated using the formula .
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If equation of the ellipse is , then which of the following is true?
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Correct option: C
Equation of auxiliary circle is
Option C (Equation of auxiliary circle is ) is correct because after completing the squares and transforming the ellipse equation, the auxiliary circle's equation can be derived.
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An ellipse whose focii are and and touches x-axis, then its eccentricity is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is derived from the geometric properties of the ellipse and the given foci and tangency condition.
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If is the centre of the ellipse and is one focus. The ratio of to major axis, is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the ratio of CS to the major axis is calculated as , which is not among the provided options.
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