Properties of Tangents and Normal of an Ellipse

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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

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If F1 and F2 are the feet of perpendiculars from foci S1 and S2 of the ellipse x225+y216=1 on the tangent at any point P on the ellipse, then the least value of S1F1+S2F22 is

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y=x is tangent to an ellipse having foci at 2,3 and 5,7 then which of the following is/are true

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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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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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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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A line 2x+3y=4 is reflected from the inner surface of ellipse x216+y212=1. The reflected line will pass through