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 on any tangent to it is
Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
A.
Step-by-step solution
The centre of the given ellipse
The general equation of a tangent to the ellipse
is
Given ellipse :
A perpendicular line from the centre is
Eliminating , from \left(1\right)
Squaring both sides,