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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
Ellipse practice · Mixed difficulty
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is a variable point on the ellipse with as the major axis. Then, the maximum value of the area of the triangle APA', is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the maximum area of the triangle is achieved when P is at the end of the minor axis, resulting in an area of .
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Ellipses which are drawn with the same two perpendicular lines as axes and with the sum of the reciprocals of squares of the lengths of their semi-major axis and semi-minor axis equal to a constant have only
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Correct option: B
four points in common
Option C (-) is correct because the condition that the chords of contact are at right angles leads to this relationship between the coordinates of the points and the ellipse parameters.
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The locus of a point whose distance from the point is times its distance from the line is an ellipse with centre at the origin. The value of is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the x-coordinate of the directrix of the ellipse.
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The equation represents
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Correct option: A
line segment
Option A (line segment) is correct because the equation represents the sum of distances from two fixed points being constant, which defines a line segment between those points.
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If is the eccentricity of the conic and is the eccentricity of the conic , then -
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the sum of the squares of the eccentricities of the ellipse and hyperbola is greater than 3.
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In the standard form of an ellipse sum of the focal distances of a point is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the sum of the focal distances of any point on an ellipse is equal to the length of the major axis, which is 2a.
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The equation of the ellipse whose axes are along the co-ordinate axes, vertices are and foci at , is . The value of is
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Correct option: A
9
Option A (9) is correct because the value of b² for the given ellipse is 9, calculated using the vertices and foci.
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represents an ellipse with major axis as axis and ' ' is decreasing function, positive for all ' ', then a belongs to
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Correct option: C
Option C ((-1,5)) is correct because it satisfies the condition for the ellipse to have its major axis along the y-axis, given that f is a decreasing function.
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If and denote the lengths of the perpendicular from a focus and the centre of an ellipse with semi-major axis of length , respectively, on a tangent to the ellipsic and denotes the focal distance of the point, then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the common chord of the two parabolas is given by , which gives the lines , hence the slope is .
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The distance between the foci of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
4
Option B (4) is correct because the distance between the foci is calculated using the eccentricity and the major axis length.
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Consider the particle travelling clockwise on the elliptical path . The particle leaves the orbit at the point and travels in a straight line tangent to the ellipse, then the point will the particle cross the -axis is
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Correct option: C
Option C ((0, )) is correct because the tangent line equation is found and then the y-intercept is calculated by setting x=0.
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Let and be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from foci S and of the ellipse to the tangent at any point on the ellipse. Then,
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Correct option: A
Option B () is correct because the eccentricity e of the ellipse must lie in the interval for the circle to intersect the ellipse in real and distinct points.
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The coordinates of the foci of the ellipse are
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the foci coordinates are calculated using the formula () where a and e are derived from the ellipse equation.
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The equation represents an ellipse if
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because for the equation to represent an ellipse, both denominators must be positive.
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If represents an ellipse, then
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Correct option: D
It’s axes are parallel to coordinates axes
The correct answer is D (It’s axes are parallel to coordinates axes) because the absence of an term allows for completing the square in both and , indicating axes parallel to the coordinate axes.
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If polar of is always touching the parabola , then locus of the pole is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the correct locus equation is , which does not match any of the given options. The locus is found by applying the tangency condition.
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The locus of the point of intersection of mutually perpendicular tangent to the ellipse is
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Correct option: C
A circle
Option C (A circle) is correct because the locus of the point of intersection of mutually perpendicular tangents to the ellipse is the director circle, which is a circle.
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The values of for which the line touches the ellipse , are
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because these are the values of lambda that satisfy the tangency condition for the line y = x + lambda to the given ellipse.
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Let be three points on the ellipse and and be the corresponding points on the auxiliary circle. Then,
Area of : Area of
Area of : Area of
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the ratio of the areas of the triangles is equal to the ratio of the semi-minor axis to the semi-major axis.
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The equation of the chord of contact of the pair of tangents drawn to the ellipse from the point , where being non-zero positive integers is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because substituting and into the chord of contact equation yields the given result.
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If is a tangent to the ellipse , then is equal to
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Correct option: B
0
Option B (0) is correct because substituting the condition for tangency into the given expression results in zero.
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Let be a point on the ellipse of eccentricity . If are the vertices and are the foci of the ellipse, then Area
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the ratio of the areas of the two triangles is equal to the eccentricity of the ellipse.
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If the tangents are drawn to the ellipse , then the locus of the mid-point of the intercept made by the tangents between the coordinate axes, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoint of the intercept made by the tangents between the coordinate axes.
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If are eccentric angles of 4 concyclic points on Ellipse Then cannot be
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the sum of the eccentric angles of four concyclic points on an ellipse is an even multiple of , and therefore the cosine of their average cannot be .
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Eccentricity of hyperbola is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the eccentricity of the hyperbola given the condition k < 0.
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The locus of the poles of the chords of the ellipse subtending a right angle at its centre is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the poles of chords subtending a right angle at the center of the ellipse.
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Which of the following points lies on the locus of the foot of perpendicular drawn upon any tangent to the ellipse, from any of its foci?
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it satisfies the equation of the auxiliary circle of the given ellipse, which is the locus of the foot of the perpendicular from the foci to any tangent.
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If the normals at and to the ellipse are concurrent, then
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the condition for concurrency of normals at three points on the ellipse.
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If and are semi-conjugate diameters of the ellipse , then
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the sum of the squares of semi-conjugate diameters of an ellipse is constant and equal to .
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If the normals to at the ends of the chords and are concurrent, then
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because it represents the condition for concurrency of normals at the ends of the given chords.
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