Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of a Hyperbola

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Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of a Hyperbola: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Pair of Tangents from an External Point to Hyperbola, Chord of Contact of the Tangents Drawn from a Point to a Hyperbola, Pole and Polar with Respect to a Hyperbola, Diameters of Hyperbola, etc.

Important Questions on Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of a Hyperbola

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The locus of a variable point whose chord of contact w.r.t. the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1 subtends a right angle at the origin is

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If any tangent to the parabola x2=4y intersects the hyperbola xy=2 at two points P and Q, then the mid-point of line segment PQ lies on a parabola with axis along

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Equation of the chord of the hyperbola 25x2- 16y2=400 which is bisected at the point 6, 2 , is -

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Find the eccentricity of conjugate hyperbola of the hyperbola 16x2+12y44=3y2+32x.

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Find the locus of middle points of parallel chords with gradiant -1 of rectangular hyperbola xy=8.

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If the line x=9, is the chord of contact of the hyperbola x2-y2=9, then the equation of the corresponding pair of tangents is _______.

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If 125x-48y=k+480 is the equation of the chord of the hyperbola 25x2-16y2=400 which is bisected at 5, 3, then the value of k is:

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If the chords of the hyperbola x2-y2=a2 touch the parabola y2=4ax . Then, the locus of the middle points of these chords is

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If x = 9 is a chord of contact of the hyperbola x2-y2=9 , then the equation of the tangent at one of the points of contact is

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From any point on the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1, tangents are drawn to the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=2. The area cut off by the chord of contact on the region between the asymptotes is equal to -

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The equation of the chord of the hyperbola 25x2-16y2=400 which is bisected at 5,3 is 125x-48y=k+480, then the value of k is

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The angle between lines joining origin to the points of intersection of the line x3+y=2 and the curve y2-x2=4 is

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The locus of a point whose chord of contact w.r.t. the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1 touches the circle described on the straight line joining the foci of the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1as diameter is

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What will be equation of that chord of hyperbola 25x2-16y2=400 whose midpoint is 5,3?

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What will be equation of that chord of hyperbola 25x2-16y2=400, whose midpoint is 5,3

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The locus of a point, from where tangents to the rectangular hyperbola x2-y2=a2 contain an angle of 45o is

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The locus of the middle points of chords of hyperbola 3x2-2y2+4x-6y=0 parallel to y=2x is

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Locus of the middle points of the chords of the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2= 1 which passes through a fixed point α, β is hyperbola whose centre is -

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Equation of the chord of the hyperbola 25x2- 16y2=400 which is bisected at the point 6, 2 , is -