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, Pair of Tangents from a Point to an Ellipse, Chord of Contact to 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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Tangents are drawn to the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 at points where it is intersected by the line lx+my+n=0. Find the point of intersection of tangents at these points.

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If the lines 2x-y+3=0 and 4x+ky+3=0 are conjugate with respect to the ellipse 5x2+6y2-15=0, then 'k' equals

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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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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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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

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The chord of contact of the tangents drawn from (α,β) to an ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 touches the circle x2+y2=c2, then the locus of (α,β) is

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The chord of contact of the tangents drawn from (α, β) to an ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 touches the circle x2+y2=c2, then the locus of (α, β) is:

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If the chords of constant of tangents from two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) to the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 are at right angles, then x1x2y1y2 is equal to

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If a variable tangent of the circle x2+y2=1 intersects the ellipse x2+2y2=4 at points P and Q, then the locus of the point of intersection of tangent at P and Q is

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If 2y=x and 3y+4x=0 are the equations of a pair of conjugate diameters of an ellipse, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is

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If the chords of contact of tangents from two points x1,y1 & x2,y2 to the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 are at right angles then x1x2y1y2 is equal to