Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of an Ellipse

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Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of an Ellipse: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Chord of Contact to an Ellipse, Length of Chord of Contact of an Ellipse, Pole and Polar with Respect to an Ellipse & Equation of the Polar of a Point with Respect to an Ellipse etc.

Important Questions on Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of an Ellipse

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The line 2x+y=3 intersects the ellipse 4x2+y2=5 at two points. The tangents to the ellipse at these two points intersect at the point.

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In the ellipse x236+y29=1, the equation to the chord which is bisected at the point 2,1 is x+ky=4. Then the value of k is

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From any point on the line t+2x+y=1, t-2, tangents are drawn to the ellipse 4x2+16y2=1. It is given that chord of contact passes through a fixed point. Then the number of integral values of 't' for which the fixed point always lies inside the ellipse is

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The locus of the mid points of the chords of the ellipse x2/a2+y2/b2=k, k>0, making equal intercepts on the coordinate axes, is

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If a pair of variable straight lines x2+4y2+αxy=0 (where α is a real parameter) cut the ellipse x2+4y2=4 at two points, then locus of the point of intersection of tangents at A and B is

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Let from a point Ah,k chord of contacts of the tangents are drawn to the ellipse x2+2y2=6 such that all these chords touch the ellipse x2+4y2=4, then the locus of the point A is

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Which of the following options is most revalent?

Statement 1:
Let P be any point on a directrix of an ellipse. Then, the chords of contact of the point P with respect to the ellipse and its auxiliary circle intersect at the corresponding focus.

Statement 2: 
The equation of the family of lines passing through the point of intersection of lines L1=0 and L2=0 is L1+λL2=0.

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The equation of the chord having 1,1 as its mid-point with respect to the ellipse x225+y29=1, is 

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 If tangent to parabola y2=4x intersect the ellipse x24+y29=1 at A and B and locus of point of intersection of tangents at A and B is a conic C, then

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From a point O on the circle x2+y2=25, tangents OP and OQ are drawn to the ellipse x24+y21=1. If the locus of the mid point of the chord PQ describes the curve x2+y2=a2x2b+y212, thena3b=

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If line x+y=1 is intersecting ellipse x23+y24=1 at two distinct points A and B, then point of intersection of tangents at A and B :

 

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From the point P3,4 pair of tangents PA and PB are drawn to the ellipse x216+y29=1. If AB intersects y-axis at C and x-axis at D, then OC·OD is equal to (where O is the origin)

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Let from a point Ah,k chords of contact are drawn to the ellipse x2+2y2=6 where all these chords touch the ellipse x2+4y2=4. Then, the perimeter (in units) of the locus of point A is

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The line 2x+y=3 interesects the ellipse 4x2+y2=5 at two points. The point of intersection of the tangents to the ellipse at these points is

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Let from a point Ah,k chord of contacts are drawn to the ellipse x2+2y2=6 such that all these chords touch the ellipse x2+4y2=4, then locus of the point A is

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The midpoint of a chord of the ellipse x2+4y2-2x+20y=0 is 2,-4. The equation of the chord is

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AB is a diameter of x2+ 9y2=25 . The eccentric angle of A is π/6. Then the eccentric angle of B is -

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If the point of intersection of the ellipses x2a2+y2b2=1 and x2α2+y2β2=1 be at the extremities of the conjugate diameters of the former, then -

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Tangents are drawn from the points on the line x - y - 5=0 to x2+ 4y2=4 , then all the chords of contact pass through a fixed point, whose co-ordinates are -

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The length of the diameter of the ellipse x225+y29=1 perpendicular to the asymptotes of the hyperbola x216-y29=1 passing through the first and third quadrant is