NDA 2024
- Exam
- NDA
- Year
- 2024
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Ellipse
NDA 2024 · Mathematics · Ellipse
What is the eccentricity of the ellipse if the angle between the...
What is the eccentricity of the ellipse if the angle between the straight lines joining the foci to an extremity of the minor axis is ?
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- D
Correct answer
D.
Step-by-step solution
Let ellipse be
It's foci are and and the extremity of the minor axis is Then, slope of and slope of The product of slopes ....(i) We have, from $$
It's foci are and and the extremity of the minor axis is Then, slope of and slope of The product of slopes ....(i) We have, from $$