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Consider an ellipse, whose centre is at the origin and its major axis is along the x-axis.  If its eccentricity is \small \frac{3}{5}  and the distance between its foci is 6, then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral inscribed in the ellipse, with the vertices as the end points of major and minor axes of ellipse, is

 

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If the latus rectum of the ellipse \mathrm{x^2 \tan ^2 \alpha+y^2 \sec ^2 \alpha=1} is \frac{1}{2}, then \alpha(0<\alpha<\frac{\pi }{3}) is equal to:

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In an ellipse the distance between its foci is 6 and its minor axis is 8. Then its eccentricity is 

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The distance of the point \mathrm{' \theta^{\prime}}  on the ellipse \mathrm{\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1} from a focus is

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Length of Latusrectum

Length of Latusrectum

\\ {\text {Let Latus rectum } \mathrm{LL}^{\prime}=2 \alpha} \\ {\mathrm{S}(\mathrm{ae}, 0) \text { is focus, then } \mathrm{LS}=\mathrm{SL}^{\prime}=\alpha} \\ {\text {Coordinates of } \mathrm{L} \text { and } \mathrm{L}^{\prime} \text { become }(\mathrm{ae}, \alpha) \text { and }(\mathrm{ae},-\alpha) \text { respectively }} \\ {\text {Equation of ellipse, } \frac{\mathrm{x}^{2}}{\mathrm{a}^{2}}+\frac{\mathrm{y}^{2}}{\mathrm{b}^{2}}=1} \\ {Put\,\,x=ae,y=\alpha\,\,we\,\,get, \frac{(\mathrm{ae})^{2}}{\mathrm{a}^{2}}+\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\mathrm{b}^{2}}=1 \Rightarrow \alpha^{2}=\mathrm{b}^{2}\left(1-\mathrm{e}^{2}\right)} \\ {\alpha^{2}=\mathrm{b}^{2}\left(\frac{\mathrm{b}^{2}}{\mathrm{a}^{2}}\right) \quad\left[\mathrm{b}^{2}=\mathrm{a}^{2}\left(1-\mathrm{e}^{2}\right)\right]} \\ {\alpha=\frac{\mathrm{b}^{2}}{\mathrm{a}}} \\ {\Rightarrow 2 \alpha=\mathrm{LL}^{\prime}=\frac{2 \mathrm{b}^{2}}{\mathrm{a}}}

 

End Points of Latus rectum

\mathrm{L}=\left(\mathrm{ae}, \frac{\mathrm{b}^{2}}{\mathrm{a}}\right) \text { and } \mathrm{L}^{\prime}=\left(\mathrm{ae},-\frac{\mathrm{b}^{2}}{\mathrm{a}}\right)

 

Focal Distance of a Point:

The sum of the focal distance of any point on the ellipse is equal to the major axis.

Let P(x, y) be any point on the ellipse.

 

\\ {\text { Here, \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;} \quad S P=e P M=e\left(\frac{a}{e}-x\right)=a-e x} \\\\ {\quad \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\; S^{\prime} P=e P M'=e\left(\frac{a}{e}+x\right)=a+e x}

Now, SP + S’P = a – ex + a + ex = 2a = AA' =  constant. 

Thus the sum of the focal distances of a point on the ellipse is constant.

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