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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
Ellipse practice · Easy
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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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Remembering
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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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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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Application
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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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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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Application
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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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Application
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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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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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Application
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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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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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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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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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In the ellipse, the minor axis is 8 and eccentricity is . Then major axis is
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Correct option: B
12
Option B (12) is correct because the major axis is calculated using the eccentricity and minor axis of the ellipse.
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If and are eccentric angles of the ends of focal chord of the ellipse , then is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the relationship between the tangents of half angles and the eccentricity.
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The normal at the point on the ellipse meets the major axis of the ellipse at , the value of is:
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because substituting y=0 into the equation of the normal to the ellipse at the given point yields x = 5/3.
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In an ellipse length of minor axis is 8 and eccentricity is . The length of major axis is
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Correct option: B
12
Option B (12) is correct because the length of the major axis is calculated using the relationship between the minor axis, eccentricity, and major axis of an ellipse.
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Locus of the point which divides double ordinate of the ellipse in the ratio internally, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the locus of the point dividing the double ordinate in the given ratio.
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The vertices of the ellipse , are
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the vertices of the ellipse after shifting the origin.
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A focus of an ellipse is at the origin. The directrix is the line and the eccentricity is , then length of semi major axis is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated using the relationship between the distance from the center to the directrix and the eccentricity of the ellipse.
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All ellipse has its centre at and semi-major axis and it passes through the point . The equation of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it satisfies the given conditions: center at (1, -1), semi-major axis of 8, and passing through the point (1, 3).
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The equation of the ellipse whose foci are and eccentricity is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it satisfies the conditions for the ellipse with given foci and eccentricity.
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