Tangent and Normal of Ellipse

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Tangent and Normal of Ellipse: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Shortest Distance between Line and Ellipse, Tangent to Ellipse, Point Form of Tangent to Standard Ellipse, Parametric Form of Tangent to Standard Ellipse, Director Circle of an Ellipse, etc.

Important Questions on Tangent and Normal of Ellipse

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The equation of the normal at the point (2,3) to the ellipse 9x2+16y2=180 is 

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Equations of the common tangent of the ellipse (x+1)222+(y-1)232=1 and the circle (x+1)2+(y-1)2=4 are

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The product of the perpendiculars drawn from the foci of the ellipse x29+y225=1 upon the tangent to it at the point 32,532, is

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The equation of the tangent to the ellipse 5x2+9y2=45, and perpendicular to the line 3x+2y+1=0 is

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Consider a tangent to the ellipse x22+y21=1 at any point. The locus of the mid-point of the portion intercepted between the axes is

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The product of the perpendicular distances drawn from the points (3,0) and (-3,0) to the tangent of an ellipse x236+y227=1 at 3,92 is

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For the ellipse x218+y232=1, if a tangent with slope -43 intersects the major and minor axes at P and Q respectively, find P and Q

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Find the condition for the line ax+by+c=0 to be a normal to an ellipse x24+y236=1

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Slope of normal to the ellipse at a point P is 34 and eccentricity of ellipse is 13. If this normal makes acute angle β with its focal chord through P, then sinβ is

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Let the ellipse, x2a2+y2b2=1, a>b, pass through the point (2,3) and have eccentricity equal to 12. Then equation of the normal to this ellipse at (2,3) is

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If a tangent of slope 2 of the ellipse x2a2+y21=1 passes through the point -2,0, then the value of a2 is equal to

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Tangent at a point P of ellipse 9x2+16y2-144=0 having eccentric angle  θ=12sin-117 is drawn. Calculate PON if N is the foot of perpendicular from centre O of the ellipse to this tangent :

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If the variable line y=k x+2 h is tangent to an ellipse 2x2+3y2=6, then locus of P(h, k) is a conic C. Find eccentricity of conic C.
 

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The tangent to the ellipse x232+y218=1 having slope m as -34 meets the co-ordinate axes at A and B. Then the area of the AOB, where O is the origin, is equal to

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The normal to the curve 2x2+y2=12 at the point (2,2) meets the curve again at a point P.Then the point P is

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The equation of the normal to the ellipse  x2a2+y2b2=1 at the end of the latus rectum in first quadrant is:

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Equation of the ellipse with axes coinciding the co-ordinate axes touches the straight lines 3x-2y-20=0 and x+6y-20=0, is:

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The tangents to the ellipse 9x2+16y2=144 from the point 2, 3 are given by the equations

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Normal to the ellipse x264+y249=1 intersects the major and minor axis at P and Q respectively. Then the locus of the point dividing segment PQ in 2:1 internally, is

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The ellipse x29+y2b2=1 has 3x+y=4 as normal to it, then value of b, if (b1), is: