JEE Main2017MathematicsEllipseActual
Consider an ellipse, whose center is at the origin and its major axis is along the x -axis. If its eccentricity is 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 vertices of the ellipse, is:
Options
- A32
- B80
- C40
- D8
Correct answer
C. 40
Step-by-step solution
Given eccentricity of the ellipse e = 3 5 . Distance between foci is 2 a e = 6 ⇒ a = 5. Also, b 2 = a 2 ( 1 − e 2 ) ⇒ b 2 = 25 1 - 9 25 ⇒ b = 4 Area = 4 1 2 a b = 2 a b = 40