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find the eccentricity of the ellipse whose latusrectum makes rightangle at the centre?

priya , 8 Years ago
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Vikas TU

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If the coordinates of the required point on the ellipse (1) be (√6 cos Φ, √2 sin Φ) then the tangent at the point is x/√6 cos Φ + y/√2 sin Φ = 1 ...... (2)

Slope of (2) = (-cos Φ)/√6 ×√2/(sin Φ ) = (-√2)/√6 cot Φ

As the tangents are equally inclined to the axes so we have

-1/√3 cot Φ = + tan 45o = + 1

Hence, tan Φ = + 1/√3

The coordinates of the required points are

(±√6 × √3/2, ±√2 × 1/2) and (±√6 × √3/2, ±√2 × 1/2)

= (± (3√2)/2, ±1/√2) and (± (3√2)/2, ± 1/√2)

Again the length of perpendicular from (0, 0) and (2),

= (√6.√2)/√(2 cos2Φ + 6 sin2Φ)

= (2√3)/√((2.3/4) + (6.1/4) )

= (2√3)/√3

= 2.

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