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JEE Main 20146 April
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2014
Date
6 April
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Parabola

JEE Main 2014 · 6 April · Mathematics · Parabola

The locus of the foot of perpendicular drawn from the centre of the...

The locus of the foot of perpendicular drawn from the centre of the ellipse x2+3y2=6{x}^{2} + 3{y}^{2} = 6 on any tangent to it is

Options

  1. A(x2+y2)2=6x2+2y2{\left({x}^{2} + {y}^{2}\right)}^{2} = 6{x}^{2} + 2{y}^{2}
  2. B(x2+y2)2=6x2−2y2{\left({x}^{2} + {y}^{2}\right)}^{2} = 6{x}^{2} - 2{y}^{2}
  3. C(x2−y2)2=6x2+2y2{\left({x}^{2} - {y}^{2}\right)}^{2} = 6{x}^{2} + 2{y}^{2}
  4. D(x2−y2)2=6x2−2y2{\left({x}^{2} - {y}^{2}\right)}^{2} = 6{x}^{2} - 2{y}^{2}

Correct answer

A. (x2+y2)2=6x2+2y2{\left({x}^{2} + {y}^{2}\right)}^{2} = 6{x}^{2} + 2{y}^{2}

Step-by-step solution

The centre of the given ellipse (0,0)\left(0, 0\right)
The general equation of a tangent to the ellipse

x2a2+y2b2=1\dfrac{{x}^{2}}{{a}^{2}} + \dfrac{{y}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} = 1 is y=mx±a2m2+b2...(1)y = mx \pm \sqrt{{a}^{2}{m}^{2} + {b}^{2}} . . . \left(1\right)

Given ellipse : x26+y22=1\dfrac{{x}^{2}}{6} + \dfrac{{y}^{2}}{2} = 1

A perpendicular line from the centre is y=−xm...(2)y = - \dfrac{x}{m} . . . \left(2\right)

Eliminating mm, from \left(1\right)and(2)and \left(2\right)

y=(−xy)x±a2(x2y2)+b2y = \left(\dfrac{- x}{y}\right)x \pm \sqrt{{a}^{2}\left(\dfrac{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}\right) + {b}^{2}}

y2=−x2±ya2(x2y2)+b2{y}^{2} = - {x}^{2} \pm y\sqrt{{a}^{2}\left(\dfrac{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}\right) + {b}^{2}}

∴x2+y2=±a2x2+b2y2∴ {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} = \pm \sqrt{{a}^{2}{x}^{2} + {b}^{2}{y}^{2}}

Squaring both sides,

(x2+y2)2=a2x2+b2y2=6x2+2y2{\left({x}^{2} + {y}^{2}\right)}^{2} = {a}^{2}{x}^{2} + {b}^{2}{y}^{2} = 6{x}^{2} + 2{y}^{2}

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