Ellipse 1 Question 3
3. Let and be the foci of an ellipse and be any one of the extremities of its minor axis. If is a right angled triangle with right angle at and area units, then the length of a latus rectum of the ellipse is
(a)
(b)
(c) 2
(d) 4
(2019 Main, 12 Jan II)
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 3. (d)
Solution:
- Let the ellipse be
.
Then, according to given information, we have the following figure.
Clearly, slope of line
Also, it is given that area of
[from Eq. (i)]
From Eqs. (i) and (iii), we get
Now, length of latus rectum
4 Let the equation of ellipse be
Then, according the problem, we have
length of minor axis
Also, we know that
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
Now,
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