Properties of Ellipse

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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

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If M1 and M2 are the feet of the perpendiculars from the foci S1 and S2 of the ellipse x29+y216=1 on the tangent at a point P on the ellipse, then S1M1S2M2 is equal to

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If F1 and F2 are the foci of the ellipse x29+y24=1, then the product of perpendicular from F1 and F2 on the tangent drawn at any point of the ellipse, is

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A light ray emanating from the point -146,0 is incident on the ellipse 25x2+49y2=1225 at point Q with abscicca zero, then the equation of the reflected ray after first reflection is

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If F1 & F2 are the foci of ellipse x29+y24=1, the product of perpendicular from F1 & F2 on the tangent at point P3cosθ,2sinθ is

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Product of the length of perpendiculars drawn from the foci upon any tangent to the ellipse 3x2+4y2=12 is

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The angle between the pair of tangents drawn to the ellipse 3x2+2y2=5 from the point 1, 2 is

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A tangent at any point P on the ellipse x216+y28=1 intersect the major axis at point R and M, M' are foot of perpendiculars drawn from the focus S and S' of the ellipse if RS: RS'=2: 3. Then SM is equal to

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A tangent at any point P on the ellipse x216+y28=1 intersect the major axis at point R and M,M' are foot of perpendiculars drawn from the focus S and S' of the ellipse. If RS:RS'=2:3, then SM is equal to

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If a line x+y-2=0 is tangent to an ellipse at a point α,β with foci S13,2 and S24,7, then the value of α+β is

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The locus of feet of perpendicular from either foci of the ellipse (x-y+1)2+(2x+2y-6)2=20  on any tangent is:

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An equilateral triangle is inscribed in an ellipse whose equation is x2+4y2=4, one vertex of triangle is (0,1) and if one altitude is contained in y-axis and length of each side is pq  (where p and q are relatively prime), then the value of p-3q9=

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If the locus of reflection of the ellipse x-4216+y-329=1 about the line x-y-2=0 is 16x2+9y2+k1x-36y+k2=0, then, find k1+k2220.

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Which of the following is compound?

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Identify correct statement(s) about conic x52+y72+ x+12+y+12=12

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

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A focus of an ellipse is at the origin. The directrix is the line x=4 and the eccentricity is 12, then length of semi major axis is

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The area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the end points of latus-rectum to the ellipse x29+y25=1 is

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If M1 and M2 are the feet of the perpendiculars from the foci S1 and S2 of the ellipse x29+y216=1 on the tangent at any point P on the ellipse, then S1M1(S2M2) is equal to

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If M1 and M2 are the feet of the perpendiculars from the foci S1 and S2 of the ellipse x29+y216=1 on the tangent at a point P on the ellipse, then S1M1S2M2 is equal to

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