Rectangular Hyperbola

Author:Dr. SK Goyal
JEE Main/Advanced
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Important Questions on Rectangular Hyperbola

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If the sum of the slopes of the normals from a point P on hyperbola xy=c2 is constant kk>0, then the locus of P is

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If the tangent and normal to a rectangular hyperbola cut off intercepts x1 and x2 on one axis and y1 and y2 on the other axis, then:

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If a triangle is inscribed in a rectangular hyperbola, its orthocentre lies:

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P is a variable point on the hyperbola in the form x2a2-y2b2=1, whose vertex A is a,0. Show that the locus of the mid point of AP is 2x-a2a2-4y2b2=1:

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A rectangular hyperbola has double contact with a fixed central conic. If the chord of contact always passes through a fixed point. Prove that the locus of the centre of the hyperbola is a circle passing through the centre of the fixed conic.

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Prove that the circles described on the four sides of a rhombus as diameters, pass through the point of intersection of its diagonals.

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Show that, if a rectangular hyperbola cut a circle in four points, the centre of mean position of the four points is midway between the centres of the two curves.

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A normal to the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1 meets the axes at M and N and lines MP and NP are drawn perpendicular to axes meeting at P. Prove that the locus of P is the hyperbola a2x2 - b2y2 = a2+b22.

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An ellipse has eccentricity 12 and one focus at the point P12,1. Its one directrix is the common tangent nearer to the point P, to the circle x2+y2=1 and the hyperbola x2-y2=1. The equation of the ellipse in the standard form is

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The eccentricity of the conic represented by x2-y2-4x+4y+16=0 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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The area of triangle formed by the lines x-y=0, x+y=0 and any tangent to the hyperbola x2-y2=a2, is