Basics of Ellipse

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Basics of Ellipse: Overview

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Important Questions on Basics of Ellipse

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A rod of given length moves such that its extremities lie on two fixed perpendicular lines. Any point (other than mid point) on the rod describes

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If the focal distance of an end of the minor axis of an ellipse, whose axes along the x and y axes respectively is k and the distance between the foci is 2 h. Then the equation of the ellipse is

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If e1 be the eccentricity of the conic 9x2+4y2=36 and e2 is the eccentricity of the conic 9x2-4y2=36 and e3 be the eccentricity of conic x2-y2=36 then 18e12+e22·e32   is equal to -

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The eccentricity of the ellipse, which passes through the points (2,-2) and (-3,1) is

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If the eccentricity of an ellipse is 16th of the distance between the foci and distance between the foci is equal to 42 units, then find the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse.

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Find the equation of the ellipse if its eccentricity is 137 and co-ordinates of the foci are (0, ±213).

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Find the length of major and minor axis, co-ordinates of the vertices and the foci, eccentricity and length of the latus rectum of the ellipse y2+36x2=36

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Find the length of the latus rectum and the equation of an ellipse, the ends of whose major axis are ±9, 0 and the ends of whose minor axis are (0, ±6).

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If the eccentricity of an ellipse is 137 and distance between its foci is 213, then find the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse.

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The length of the semi-minor axis of an ellipse with x-axis as the major axis is 3 units and the distance of the foci from the centre is 25. Find the equation of the ellipse.

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If x264+y236=1 represents the equation of an ellipse, then find the distance between its foci.

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Find the co-ordinates of the foci and the vertices of the ellipse x2+4y2=16.

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Find the equation of the ellipse with centre at the origin, major-axis on the y-axis and passing through the points (2, 0) and (0, 3).

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An iron rod of given length moves with its extremities on two fixed straight lines at right angles. If P(x, y) is any point on the iron rod, then which section of the cone is represented by the locus of the point P.

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If α and β are the eccentric angles of the extremities of a focal chord of an ellipse, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is

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If the line px+qy=r intersects the ellipse x2+4y2=4 in points, whose eccentric angles differ by π3, then r2 is equal to

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Length of the latus-rectum of the ellipse represented by x=3(cost+sint), y=4(cost-sint); is given by

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The co-ordinates of a focus of the ellipse 4x2+9y2=1, is

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If the distance between foci is 2 and the distance between the directrices is 5, then equation of the ellipse in the standard form is

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Let P  be a variable point on the ellipse x225+y216=1 with foci at F1  & F2