Ellipse

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Ellipse: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Ellipse,Ellipse as a Conic Section,Ellipse as Locus of Point Having Constant Ratio between Distances from a Point and a Line, etc.

Important Questions on Ellipse

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Px, y is any point on the ellipse x2+4y2=1. Let E, F be the foci of the ellipse.

Consider the following points :

1. 32, 0

2. 32, 14

3. 32, -14

Which of the above points lie on latus rectum of ellipse?

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Let an ellipse with centre 1, 0 and latus rectum of length 12 have its major axis along x-axis. If its minor axis subtends an angle 60 at the foci, then the square of the sum of the lengths of its minor and major axes is equal to _______.

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Consider ellipses Ek:kx2+k2y2=1,k=1,2,,20. Let Ck be the circle which touches the four chords joining the end points (one on minor axis and another on major axis) of the ellipse Ek. If rk is the radius of the circle Ck, then the value of k=1201rk2 is

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In a group of 100 persons 75 speak English and 40 speak Hindi. Each person speaks at least one of the two languages. If the number of persons who speak only English is α and the number of persons who speaks only Hindi is β, then the eccentricity of the ellipse 25β2x2+α2y2=α2β2 is

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If the eccentricity of an ellipse is 58 and distance between its foci is 6 units, then the length of latus rectum of the ellipse is 117k where k is 

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If a triangle is inscribed in an ellipse and two of its sides are parallel to the given straight lines, then prove that the third side touches the fixed ellipse.

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If S and S' are the foci of the ellipse x225+y216=1 and P is any point on it, then range of values of SP·S'P is

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If there is exactly one tangent at a distance of 4 units from one focus x2a2+y2a2-16=1a>4, then length of latus rectum is

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The length of the latus rectum of the ellipse x216+y2b2=1 is 16, then the number of possible values of b is

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If the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 is inscribed in the rectangle whose length to breadth are in the ratio 2:1, then the area of the rectangle is

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(2,6) and (12,4) are focii of an ellipse which touches X axis. Find the equation of ellipse

 

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A circle concentric to the ellipse 4x2289+y2λ2=1λ<172 pass through foci F1 & F2 and cuts the ellipse at point P. If area of PF1F2 is 30 sq. units, then F1F213=

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Aastha is sketching the curves P1:y2=4ax,P2:y2=4ax, L:y=x

If a=4, then equation of the ellipse having the line joining the focii of the parabolas P1 and P2​ as the major axis and eccentricity equal to 12​ is

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x-22+y+32=16 touching the ellipse x-22p2+y+32q2=1 from inside. If 2,-6 is one focus of ellipse, then p,q is

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Given points P,Q on an ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 a>b>0 satisfy OPOQ, the minimum of OP×OQ is 

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P and Q are two points of the ellipse x225+y29=1,such that sum of their ordinates is 3. Prove that the locus of the intersection of the tangents at P and Q is 9x2+25y2=150y.

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If e1 & e2 are the eccentricities of x2a2+y2b2=1 and x2b2+y2a2=1 respectively, then

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If the eccentricity and the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 are 32 and 1 respectively, then the sum of the lengths of major axis and minor axis of the ellipse is

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Pθ1 and Qθ2 are two points on the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 with eccentricity e. If PSQ is a focal chord and tanθ12tanθ22=-22+3, then e and S are

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Let Sx2a2+y2b2-1=0,S'x2α2+y2β2-1=0 be two intersecting ellipses. If Pacosθ,bsinθ and Qacosπ2+θ,bsinπ2+θ are their points of intersection then 12a2β2+b2α2=