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JEE • MATHEMATICS • ELLIPSE
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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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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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Coordinates of the foci of the ellipse are
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is derived by completing the square, finding the ellipse parameters, and calculating the foci coordinates.
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If the normal at any point of the ellipse meets the major and minor axes at and respectively and is the perpendicular drawn from centre to this normal, then is equal to
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is A (). By finding the coordinates of G and using the perpendicular distance formula, we can derive that .
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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, derived using the equation of the tangent to the ellipse.
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If the line be normal to the ellipse , then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is derived by equating the normal equation of the ellipse with the given line equation.
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Let the ellipse intersect the positive - and -axes at the points and respectively. Let the major axis of be a diameter of the circle . Let the line passing through and meet the circle at the point . If the area of the triangle with vertices and the origin is , where and are coprime, then is equal to
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Correct option: C
17
The correct answer is C (17) because the area of the triangle AOP is calculated using the intersection of the ellipse, circle, and line equations, resulting in an area of 27/10, and thus m-n = 27-10 = 17.
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If is the slope of a common tangent to the curves and then is equal to:
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Correct option: B
9
Option B (9) is correct because after finding the condition for a common tangent and solving for , we find that .
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The distance of the point '' on the ellipse from a focus is
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Correct option: C
Option C, , is correct because the focal distance is derived using the ellipse equation and the definition of eccentricity.
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The locus of the foot of the perpendicular from the foci on any tangent to the ellipse , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the locus of the foot of the perpendicular from the foci on any tangent to the ellipse, which is the auxiliary circle.
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The equation of the normal to the ellipse at the positive end of the latusrectum, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the equation of the normal to the ellipse at the positive end of the latus rectum after substituting the coordinates and simplifying.
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The equation of the tangents which are drawn at the ends of the major axis of the ellipse are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because these lines represent the tangents at the ends of the major axis of the given ellipse.
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If is normal to the ellipse for all values of belonging to
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Correct option: C
R
Option C (R) is correct because the condition for the line to be normal to the ellipse holds for all real values of m, which is the slope of the normal.
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Ellipse and the line meet at a point in the first quadrant. Normal to the ellipse at meets -axis at and -axis at , then
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is derived from the equation of the normal to the ellipse and the given x-intercept, combined with the ellipse equation to solve for the y-coordinate of point P.
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If the curves and for a suitable value of a cut on four concyclic points, the equation of the circle passing through these four points is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the equation of the circle passing through the intersection points of the two ellipses is found by setting up a general equation and solving for the parameter that makes it a circle.
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and are conjugate diameters of an ellipse and is the eccentric angle of . Then, eccentric angle of the point where the circle again cuts the ellipse
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is derived from the property that the sum of eccentric angles where a circle cuts an ellipse is an even multiple of .
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Equation of a circle described on the Latusrectum of the ellipse as a diameter with centre on the + ve -axis is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the center of the circle is at the focus of the ellipse (3,0) and the radius is the semi-latus rectum (16/5).
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Sum of the focal distance of any point on the ellipse is equal to the length of the
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Correct option: A
Major axis
Option A (Major axis) is correct because the sum of the focal distances of any point on an ellipse is constant and equal to the length of the major axis (2a).
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If and are eccentric angle of the ends of a pair of conjugate diameters of the ellipse , then is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A (10) is correct because the sum of the focal distances of any point on the ellipse is equal to the length of the major axis, which is .
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If the normal at point on the ellipse meets the axes in and respectively, then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the ratio of PR to RS, derived from the equation of the normal to the ellipse and the coordinates of the points where the normal intersects the axes.
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If the normal at any point on an ellipse of eccentricity '' meets the major axis and minor axis at and respectively, then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C (\left(1-e2\right): 1) is correct because it represents the ratio of PT to PG, which is equal to b2/a2, and b2/a2 = 1-e2 for an ellipse.
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If the eccentricity of the two ellipses and are equal, then the value of is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the eccentricities are equated and the ratio is calculated.
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