Properties of Ellipse
Properties of Ellipse: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Properties of Ellipse, Properties of Ellipse Related to a Tangent, Properties of Ellipse Related to Concurrent Normals & Properties of Ellipse Similar to Other Conic Sections etc.
Important Questions on Properties of Ellipse
If and are the feet of the perpendiculars from the foci and of the ellipse on the tangent at a point on the ellipse, then is equal to

If and are the foci of the ellipse , then the product of perpendicular from and on the tangent drawn at any point of the ellipse, is

A light ray emanating from the point is incident on the ellipse at point with abscicca zero, then the equation of the reflected ray after first reflection is

If & are the foci of ellipse , the product of perpendicular from & on the tangent at point is

Product of the length of perpendiculars drawn from the foci upon any tangent to the ellipse is

The angle between the pair of tangents drawn to the ellipse from the point is

A tangent at any point on the ellipse intersect the major axis at point and are foot of perpendiculars drawn from the focus and of the ellipse if Then is equal to

A tangent at any point on the ellipse intersect the major axis at point and are foot of perpendiculars drawn from the focus and of the ellipse. If , then is equal to

If a line is tangent to an ellipse at a point with foci and , then the value of is

The locus of feet of perpendicular from either foci of the ellipse on any tangent is:

An equilateral triangle is inscribed in an ellipse whose equation is , one vertex of triangle is and if one altitude is contained in -axis and length of each side is (where and are relatively prime), then the value of

If the locus of reflection of the ellipse about the line is then, find .


Identify correct statement(s) about conic

An ellipse has as semi minor axis, and it's foci and the angle is a right angle. Then, the eccentricity of the ellipse is

A focus of an ellipse is at the origin. The directrix is the line and the eccentricity is then length of semi major axis is

The area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the end points of latus-rectum to the ellipse is

If and are the feet of the perpendiculars from the foci and of the ellipse on the tangent at any point on the ellipse, then is equal to

If and are the feet of the perpendiculars from the foci and of the ellipse on the tangent at a point on the ellipse, then is equal to

An ellipse slides between two lines at right angle to one another. The locus of its centre is
