Basics of Ellipse

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Basics of Ellipse: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Ellipse, Ellipse as a Conic Section, Chords of an Ellipse & Equation of Chord Joining Two Points of Ellipse etc.

Important Questions on Basics of Ellipse

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Let P237, 67, Q, R and S be four points on the ellipse 9x2+4y2=36. Let PQ and RS be mutually perpendicular and pass through the origin. If 1PQ2+1RS2=pq, where p and q are coprime, then p+q is equal to

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

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If point P lies outside of circle x2+y2-2x=0 and moves such that its distance from nearest point on the circle is half of its distance from line x=5, then locus of point P can be

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If x23-λ+y2λ-5+1=0 represent an ellipse whose major axis lies along y-axis then

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Let the two concentric ellipses be such that foci of one be on the other and the angle between their principal axes is cos-153. If the eccentricity of one ellipse is 25, then the eccentricity of other ellipse is

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If the point M lies on the ellipse x225+y216=1, then the maximum distance between M & N6,0 is

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Find the length of the focal chord of the ellipse x242+y232=1, which is inclined to the major axis at angle 60°.

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Find the length of the focal chord of the ellipse x232+y222=1, which is inclined to the major axis at angle 60°.

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Find the length of the focal chord of the ellipse x232+y222=1, which is inclined to the major axis at angle 30°.

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Find the length of the focal chord of the ellipse x232+y222=1, which is inclined to the major axis at angle 45°.

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If an ellipse has its foci at 2,0 and -2,0 and its length of the latus rectum is 6, then the equation of the ellipse is

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The ratio of the area enclosed by the locus of the midpoint of PS and area of the ellipse is 1α then the value of 10α is (P be any point on the ellipse and S, its focus)

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A chord is drawn passing through P2, 2 on the ellipse x225+y216=1 such that it intersects the ellipse at points A and B. Then the maximum value of PA·PB is equal to ab where a,b are the least common multiple then the value of a+b is