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

is tangent to an ellipse having foci at and then which of the following is/are true

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

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

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

A line is reflected from the inner surface of ellipse . The reflected line will pass through
