Rectangular Hyperbola

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Rectangular Hyperbola: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Rectangular Hyperbola, Length of Chord of Contact of the Tangents Drawn from a Point to Rectangular Hyperbola xy = c^2 & Angle between Pair of Tangents from a Point to Rectangular Hyperbola xy = c^2 etc.

Important Questions on Rectangular Hyperbola

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Let R be a rectangle given by the lines x=0, x=2, y=0 and y=5. Let Aα,0 and B0,β, α0,2 and β0,5, be such that the line segment AB divides the area of the rectangle R in the ratio 4:1. Then, the mid-point of AB lies on a

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Let the eccentricity of an ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 is reciprocal to that of the hyperbola 2x2-2y2=1. If the ellipse intersects the hyperbola at right angles, then square of length of the latus-rectum of the ellipse is _____.

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A rectangle is drawn by lines x=0, x=2, y=0 & y=5. Point A and B lie on coordinate axes. If the line AB divides the area of rectangle in 4:1, then the locus of the midpoint of AB is :

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The points on the hyperbola x2-y2=2 closest to the point 0, 1 are

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Find the endpoints of the focal chord to the rectangular hyperbola xy=1 if the equation of the chord is y=22-x

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Show that a line y=mx+c intersects a rectangular hyperbola x2-y2=a2 at two points maximum and the condition for this intersection is c2>a2m2-1.
 

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Eccentricity of the conic represented by curve x2-y2=4x-2y is

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If the hyperbola xy=λ2 intersects the circle x2+y2=r2 in four points A(x1,y1), B(x2,y2), C(x3,y3) and D(x4,y4), then value of i=14xi+i=14xiyi+i=14yi, where * denotes greatest integer function.

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On a rectangular hyperbola x2-y2=a2,a>0, three points A, B, C are taken as follows : A=-a, 0 ; B and C are placed symmetrically with respect to the X-axis on the branch of the hyperbola not containing A. Suppose that the ΔABC is equilateral. If the side length of the ΔABC is ka, then k lies in the interval

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In the figure, shaded rectangles have area A & B, then  BA=

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Consider a point (a, α) lying on a rectangular hyperbola xy=c2 such that c is purely imaginary. If a is a positive number then α is ____

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The curve xy=c , c >0, and the circle x2+y2=1 touch at two points. Then the distance bewteen the points of contacts is.

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If the rectangular hyperbola is x2-y2=64 . Then, which of the following is not correct?

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If a-3x2+ay2=9 represents a rectangular hyperbola, then a=...

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The value of eccentricity e for a rectangular hyperbola is.....

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PM and PN are the perpendiculars from any point on a rectangular hyperbola to its asymptotes. If Q divides MN in the ratio 3:1, then the locus of Q is -

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If a chord of a rectangular hyperbola, parallel to its conjugate axis subtends angles θ1 and θ2 at its vertices, then

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If the equation 4x2+ky2=18 represents a rectangular hyperbola, then k=

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The equation of a line passing through the centre of a rectangular hyperbola is x-y-1=0. If one of its asymptotes is 3x-4y-6=0, the equation of the other asymptote is

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Locus of the mid - point of chord of the hyperbola xy=c2 , having slope m, is