Tangent and Normal to a Hyperbola
Tangent and Normal to a Hyperbola: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Slope Form of Normal to Standard Hyperbola, Number of Normals to a Hyperbola from a Given Point, Tangents from an External Point to a Hyperbola in Separate Form, etc.
Important Questions on Tangent and Normal to a Hyperbola
If the normal to the rectangular hyperbola at the point meets the curve again at , then

If intercept of tangent drawn to the hyperbola on the point is , then is -

The maximum number of normals to the hyperbola from an external point is :

The number of real tangents can be drawn from the point to hyperbola is

The number of points from where a pair of perpendicular tangents can be drawn to the hyperbola , , is

The straight line will touch the curve , if :

If the line is normal to the hyperbola , then a value of is:

If the tangent and the normal to at a point cut off intercepts on the -axis respectively and on the -axis respectively then the value of is

The equation of the tangent to the hyperbola which is perpendicular to the line is

The equation of the normal to the hyperbola at (-4, 0) is

A hyperbola passes through the point and has foci at . Then the tangent to this hyperbola at also passes through the point

Locus of variable point which moves in plane such that tangents drawn from it to hyperbola are mutually perpendicular, is

Tangent of parabola at one end of latus rectum (say) is drawn. Point also lies on hyperbola , such that tangent at to hyperbola is parallel to tangent to parabola, then eccentricity of hyperbola lies in the interval

A hyperbola having foci and has as one of its tangent, then the point of contact of this tangent is

Common tangents of and passes through then is

If is a tangent to the hyperbola then sum of squares of possible values of is

Tangents are drawn to the hyperbola , parallel to the line then point of contact are

The locus of the point of intersection of two tangents of the hyperbola if the product of their slopes is is

For the hyperbola distance between the foci is units. From the point perpendicular tangents are drawn to the hyperbola, then the value of is

Find the value of for which the line is tangent to :
