Ellipse 1 Question 9
10. An ellipse has eccentricity and one focus at the point . Its one directrix is the common tangent, nearer to the point , to the circle and the hyperbola . The equation of the ellipse, in the standard form is
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 10.
Solution:
- There are two common tangents to the circle
and the hyperbola . These are and . But is nearer to the point .
Therefore, directrix of the required ellipse is
Now, if
and its distance from the directrix is
By definition of ellipse,