Basics of Ellipse
Basics of Ellipse: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Ellipse, Ellipse as a Conic Section, Ellipse as Locus of Point Having Constant Ratio between Distances from a Point and a Line, Second Degree General Equation and Ellipse, Standard Equation of Ellipse, etc.
Important Questions on Basics of Ellipse
is any point on the ellipse . Let be the foci of the ellipse.
Consider the following points :
Which of the above points lie on latus rectum of ellipse?

is any point on the ellipse . Let be the foci of the ellipse.
What is equal to?

If an ellipse has its foci at and and its length of the latus rectum is , then the equation of the ellipse is

If is the eccentricity of the ellipse , then

If the major axis of an ellipse is times its minor axis, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is

If the length of the latus-rectum of an ellipse is equal to the length of its semi-minor axis, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is


The curve represented by the parametric equation is

If the distance between two foci is same as the length of a latus-rectum of an ellipse, then the ellipse has the eccentricity

The equation of the auxiliary circle of the ellipse is

If the coordinates of the centre of the circle passing through the foci of the ellipse are , the radius of the circle is

The eccentric angle of a point in the first quadrant, which lies on the ellipse and is unit away from the centre of the ellipse is

If the length of the semi major axis is the same as the distance between two foci of an ellipse, then its eccentricity

The sum of distances of any point on the ellipse from its two directrix is

Let be a variable point on the ellipse with foci & . If the maximum area of the triangle is equal to one third the area of the ellipse. The eccentricity of the ellipse is

Find the equation of ellipse with centre at origin, major axis on the -axis and satisfying
Length of major axis and eccentricity

Find the equation of ellipse having foci at passing through.

Find the equation of ellipse having foci at .

Find the equation of ellipse satisfying that the vertices at

Find the co-ordinates of the foci of the ellipse
