Ellipse 2 Question 7

7. Equation of a common tangent to the parabola y2=4x and the hyperbola xy=2 is

(2019 Main, 11 Jan I)

(a) x+2y+4=0

(b) x2y+4=0

(c) 4x+2y+1=0

(d) x+y+1=0

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Solution:

  1. We know that, y=mx+am is the equation of tangent to the parabola y2=4ax.

y=mx+1m is a tangent to the parabola

y2=4x.

[a=1]

Let, this tangent is also a tangent to the hyperbola xy=2

Now, on substituting y=mx+1m in xy=2, we get

xmx+1m=2.m2x2+x2m=0

Note that tangent touch the curve exactly at one point, therefore both roots of above equations are equal.

D=014(m2)(2m)m3=12m=12

Required equation of tangent is

y=x222y=x4x+2y+4=0



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