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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
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If a bar of given length moves with its extremities on two fixed straight lines at right angles, then the locus of any point on bar marked on the bar describes a/an
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Correct option: C
Ellipse
Option C (Ellipse) is correct because the locus of a point on a bar moving with its extremities on two fixed perpendicular lines is an ellipse.
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The locus of the middle point of the portion of a tangent to the ellipse included between the axes is the curve
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoint of the tangent intercepted between the axes.
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If and are the vertices of an ellipse whose eccentricity is then the equation of the ellipse is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the equation of the ellipse with the given vertices and eccentricity.
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Length of a latera recta of the ellipse is (in units)
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Correct option: C
14
Option C (14) is correct because the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is given by , and substituting the values gives 14.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Eccentricity of the ellipse is
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Correct option: A
Option A is correct because the eccentricity of the ellipse is found by rewriting the equation in standard form and using the formula .
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If the line touches the ellipse , then find the value of .
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because, for the ellipse , the condition for tangency of the line y = mx + c is due to the interchange of a and b.
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Equation of the tangents to the ellipse which are parallel to the line , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it satisfies the condition for tangency to the ellipse and is parallel to the given line.
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The curve represented by , , is
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Correct option: C
an ellipse
Option C (an ellipse) is correct because the given parametric equations can be manipulated to form the equation of an ellipse.
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Let and be two foci of the ellipse . If a circle described on as diameter intersects the ellipse in real and distinct points, then the eccentricity of the ellipse satisfies
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Correct option: B
Option A () is correct because it represents the greatest acute angle between the tangents to the ellipse and the circle at the points where a common ordinate cuts them.
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The distances from the foci of point on the ellipse are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the focal distances of a point on the ellipse, considering that the major axis is along the y-axis.
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If two tangents drawn to the ellipse intersect perpendicularly at , then the locus of is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the locus of P is the director circle of the ellipse, and its equation is .
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Let be a point in the first quadrant lying on the ellipse , such that the tangent at to the ellipse is inclined at an angle of to the positive direction of -axis. Then the coordinates of are
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Correct option: A
Option A ((16/5, 9/5)) is correct because it satisfies the ellipse equation and the tangent at that point has a slope of -1.
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The angle between the pair of tangents drawn to the ellipse from the point is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the angle between the pair of tangents calculated using the joint equation of tangents.
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The distance of the point on the ellipse from the centre of the ellipse is 2 if
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because substituting the point into the distance formula and solving for yields .
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If the coordinates of the centre, a focus and adjacent vertex are and respectively, then the equation of the ellipse is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it correctly represents an ellipse with the given center, focus, and vertex.
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is a common tangent to and . Then, the value of and the other common tangent are given by
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the given line is tangent to both the parabola and the ellipse, and the other common tangent is found using symmetry.
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