Ellipse 1 Question 9

10. 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 x2y2=1. The equation of the ellipse, in the standard form is

(1996, 2M)

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 10. x1321/9+(y1)21/12=1

Solution:

  1. There are two common tangents to the circle x2+y2=1 and the hyperbola x2y2=1. These are x=1 and x=1. But x=1 is nearer to the point P(1/2,1).

Therefore, directrix of the required ellipse is x=1.

Now, if Q(x,y) is any point on the ellipse, then its distance from the focus is

QP=(x1/2)2+(y1)2

and its distance from the directrix is |x1|.

By definition of ellipse,

QP=e|x1|x122+(y1)2=12|x1|x122+(y1)2=14(x1)2x2x+14+y22y+1=14(x22x+1)4x24x+1+4y28y+4=x22x+13x22x+4y28y+4=03x13219+4(y1)2=03x132+4(y1)2=13x1321/9+(y1)21/12=1



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