ELLIPSE QUESTIONS

ANIMATION (Ex- 8.2)

Q2: Find the equations of the following ellipses, whose centres are
at the origin and which satisfy the given conditions:
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viii e = 3 , latus rectum of length 3 and major axis along the y-axis.

SOLUTION: A (0 , a) y-axis
We have;
𝟐𝟎 𝟐
𝐋= 𝐞=
𝟑 𝟑
but;
𝐋 = 𝟐𝐛 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 x-axis
𝟐
𝟐𝟎 𝟐
= 𝟐𝐛 𝟏 −
𝟑 𝟑 B’ (−b, 0) B (b , 0)

𝟏𝟎 𝟒
=𝐛 𝟏−
𝟑 𝟗

𝟏𝟎 𝟓 A’ (0, −a )
=𝐛
𝟑 𝟗
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 𝟏𝟎 = 𝐛 𝟓
𝟏𝟎 𝟓
𝐛= ×
𝟓 𝟓

𝐛=𝟐 𝟓 A (0 , 6) y-axis

or;
𝟐𝐛𝟐
𝐋=
𝐚
𝟐𝟎 𝟐 𝟐𝟎
= x-axis
𝟑 𝐚
𝐚=𝟔
B’ (−2 5, 0) B (2 5, 0)

A’ (0, −6 )

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using;
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =1
𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐

x2 y2 A (0 , 6) y-axis
+ =1
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x2 y2 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎
+ =4
5 9

𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎 x-axis

B’ (−2 5, 0) B (2 5, 0)

A’ (0, −6 )

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Q2: Find the equations of the following ellipses, whose centres are
at the origin and which satisfy the given conditions:
iii end points of minor axis at 0, ±3 , distance between foci = 10.

SOLUTION:
We have;
y-axis
End points of MINOR AXIS;

𝐁𝐁′(𝟎, ±𝟑) but 𝐁𝐁′(𝟎, ±𝐛)

B (0 , 3)
Above condition indicates that ellipse is
along x-axis with centre at origin having;
𝐛=𝟑
We know that; S’ (-5, 0) S (5, 0) x-axis

Distance between foci= 𝐒𝐒′ = 𝟐𝐜

but; B’ (0 , -3)
𝟐𝐜 = 𝟏𝟎

𝐜=𝟓
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Now;
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟐𝟓 = 𝐚𝟐 −𝟗 y-axis
𝐚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟒
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎𝟔
𝐚 = ± 𝟑𝟒 B (0 , 3)

A’ (− 𝟑𝟒 , 0) A ( 𝟑𝟒 , 0)
Using equation of ellipse along x-axis;

S’ (-5, 0) S (5, 0) x-axis

𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐

x2 y2 B’ (0 , -3)
+ =1
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𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎𝟔

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Q2: Find the equations of the following ellipses, whose centres are
at the origin and which satisfy the given conditions:
4
vi Vertices at 0, ±5 , passing through the point ,3 .
5

SOLUTION: A (0 , 5) y-axis
We have;

Vertices; AA′ 0, ±5 but AA′(𝟎, ±𝐚)

4
P ,3
Above condition indicates that ellipse is 5
along y-axis with centre at origin having;
x-axis
𝐚=𝟓

let;
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =𝟏 i
𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐
be the required equation of ellipse containing
𝟒
point P ,𝟑 A’ (0, −5 )
𝟓
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If point P lies on the ellipse it must satisfy its equation.

𝟒 𝟐 𝟐 A (0 , 5) y-axis
𝟓 + (𝟑) = 𝟏
𝐛𝟐 (𝟓)𝟐
𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟐𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟐
+ =𝟏
𝟐𝟓𝐛 𝟐𝟓
4
P ,3
𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗𝐛𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓𝐛𝟐 5

𝟏𝟔 = 𝟏𝟔𝐛𝟐 x-axis
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏
or; B’ (−1, 0)
𝐛 = ±𝟏 B (1, 0)

Substituting values of a and b in eqn(i), we get;

𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =𝟏
𝟏 𝟐𝟓 A’ (0, −5)

𝟐𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
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Q2: Find the equations of the following ellipses, whose centres are
at the origin and which satisfy the given conditions:
ii foci at 0, ±2 , vertices at 0, ±4 .

SOLUTION: A (0 , 4) y-axis
We have;

Vertices; AA′ 0, ±4 but AA′(𝟎, ±𝐚) S (0 , 2)

Foci; SS′ 0, ±2 but 𝐒𝐒′(𝟎, ±𝐜)

B’ (− 𝟏𝟐 , 0) B ( 𝟏𝟐 , 0)
therefore; x-axis
𝐚 = ±𝟒
𝐜 = ±𝟐
using;
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
S’ (0, −2)
(±𝟐)𝟐 = (±𝟒)𝟐 −𝐛𝟐
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟒
A’ (0, −4)
𝐛 = ± 𝟏𝟐
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Using equation of ellipse along y-axis with centre at origin
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =1
𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐

A (0 , 4)
x2 y2 y-axis
+ =1
12 16 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖

16x 2 + 12y 2 = 192 S (0 , 2)

𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖 B’ (− 𝟏𝟐 , 0) B ( 𝟏𝟐 , 0)
x-axis

S’ (0, −2)

A’ (0, −4)

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Q9: The length of the major axis of an ellipse is 25 and its foci are
the points ±5, 0 ; find the equation of ellipse.
A’ (-a, 0) A (a, 0)
SOLUTION: Ellipse is along x-axis with a a

We have; centre at origin

Foci; SS′ ±5, 0 but 𝐒𝐒′(±𝐜, 𝟎)

𝟐𝐚 = 𝟐𝟓

𝐜 = ±𝟓 𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐

Distance between major axis= 𝐀𝐀′ = 𝟐𝐚

𝟐𝐚 = 𝟐𝟓
b 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =1
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟐𝟓
𝐚=
𝟐

equation
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Q2 (vii): Directrix x = 16, length of latus rectum 12.

SOLUTION:
Ellipse is along x-axis with
We have; centre at origin
𝐚
Equation of directrix; 𝐱 = 𝟏𝟔 but 𝐱 = ± 𝐞

Above condition indicates that ellipse is along x-axis

with centre at origin having;
𝐚
= 𝟏𝟔
𝐞
𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔𝐞 i
also; 𝟐𝐛𝟐
𝐋 = 𝟏𝟐 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐋 =
𝐚

𝟐𝐛𝟐
= 𝟏𝟐
𝐚
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟔𝐚
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟔 × 𝟏𝟔𝐞
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗𝟔𝐞 ii
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We know that;
𝐜 = 𝐚𝐞
𝐜 = 𝟏𝟔𝐞. 𝐞
𝐜 = 𝟏𝟔𝐞𝟐
using;
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟐𝟓𝟔𝐞𝟒 = 𝟐𝟓𝟔𝐞𝟐 − 𝟗𝟔𝐞
𝟐𝟓𝟔𝐞𝟒 − 𝟐𝟓𝟔𝐞𝟐 + 𝟗𝟔𝐞 = 𝟎
𝟑𝟐𝐞(𝟖𝐞𝟑 − 𝟖𝐞 + 𝟑) = 𝟎
either; or;
𝟑𝟐𝐞 = 𝟎 𝟖𝐞𝟑 − 𝟖𝐞 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑
𝟏
𝐞=𝟎 Using remainder theorem; 𝐏 =𝟖 −𝟖 +𝟑
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝐏 𝐞 = 𝟖𝐞𝟑 − 𝟖𝐞 + 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Invalid value 𝐏 =𝟖 −𝟖 +𝟑
put; 𝟐 𝟖 𝟐
𝟏
𝐞= 𝟏
𝟐 𝐏 = 𝟏−𝟒+𝟑
𝟐 𝟏
𝟏 Hence, 𝐞 = is the
𝟐
𝐏 =𝟎
𝟐 factor.
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Substituting value of “e” in equation (i) and equation (ii), we get;

eqn (i) implies;

𝟏
𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔
𝟐
𝐚=𝟖
Using equation of ellipse along x-axis;
eqn (ii) implies;
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟏
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗𝟔 x2 y2
𝟐 + =1
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𝐛𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖
x2 y2
+ =8
8 6

𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟗𝟐

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 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐦
Q11: Find the eccentricity of an ellipse whose latus rectum is equal
to half of its major axes.

SOLUTION: a a

According to given condition;

𝟏
𝐋 = 𝐀𝐀′ 𝟐𝐚
𝟐
𝟏
𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐦 = 𝐀𝐀′ 𝟏
𝟐 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐦 = 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬
𝟐
𝟐𝐛𝟐 𝟏
= 𝟐𝐚
𝐚 𝟐
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐚𝟐
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 −
𝐛𝟐 =
𝟐
𝐚 𝟐
𝟐 𝐚 𝐚
𝐜= 𝟏
𝐚𝐞 = 𝐞=
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
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 Minor Axis

Q6: Find the eccentricity of the ellipse whose axes are 32 and 24.

SOLUTION:
We have;
𝟐𝐚 = 𝟑𝟐 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔 Major Axis

𝟐𝐛 = 𝟐𝟒 𝐛 = 𝟏𝟐 y-axis

𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 Major Axis

Minor Axis
𝐜 = 𝟏𝟏𝟐 x-axis

ae= 𝟏𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝟐

𝐞=
𝟏𝟔

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 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱
Q8: Find the distance between the directrices of the ellipse
9x 2 + 13y 2 = 117

SOLUTION:
We have equation of ellipse;

𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏𝟕
𝐚 𝐚
−
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐞 𝐞
+ =1 𝐚
𝟏𝟑 𝟗 𝟐
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 𝐞
but;
x2 y2
+ =1
a2 b2 𝐜=𝟐

𝐚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟑
𝐜 𝟐 𝐚
𝐛𝟐 =𝟗 𝐛=𝟑 𝐞= 𝐞= 𝐱=𝟐 𝐱 = 𝟏𝟑
𝐚 𝟏𝟑 𝐞

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Q3: Find the equation of circle passing through the focus of
parabola 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎 and foci of the ellipse 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎.

SOLUTION:
We have equation of ellipse;

𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎 y-axis

𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 Equation???
+ =𝟏 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
but;
x2 y2
+ =1
a2 b2 𝐒𝟐 (−𝐜, 𝟎) 𝐒𝟏 (𝐜, 𝟎) x-axis
𝐚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
but;
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐜 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟏𝟔
𝐜𝟐 = 𝟗 𝐀(𝟎, 𝐚′ ) = 𝐀(𝟎, −𝟐)
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐜 = ±𝟑
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Hence, co-ordinates of foci of ellipse are;

𝐒𝟏 𝐜, 𝟎 = 𝐒𝟏 𝟑, 𝟎
and
𝐒𝟐 −𝐜, 𝟎 = 𝐒𝟐 −𝟑, 𝟎

Now, for parabola; y-axis

Focus of parabola
𝐱 𝟐 = −𝟖𝐲 Equation???
But; 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐲

𝟒𝐚 = −𝟖 𝐒𝟏 (𝟑, 𝟎)
𝐚 = −𝟐 𝐒𝟐 (−𝟑, 𝟎)
(−𝐜, 𝟎) x-axis

Hence, co-ordinates of focus of parabola is;

𝐒𝟑 𝟎, 𝐚 = 𝐒𝟑 𝟎, −𝟐

𝐀(𝟎, 𝐚) = 𝐀(𝟎, −𝟐)

𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎

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If point 𝐒𝟏 , 𝐒𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝟑 lies on the circle it must satisfy its equation;

𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 i

For 𝐒𝟏 𝟑, 𝟎 ;
eqn (i) implies; y-axis
(𝟑)𝟐 +(𝟎)𝟐 +𝟐𝐠(𝟑) + 𝟐𝐟(𝟎) + 𝐜 = 𝟎 Focus of parabola
Equation???
𝟗 + 𝟔𝐠 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 ii 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎

For 𝐒𝟐 −𝟑, 𝟎 ;
eqn (i) implies;
𝐒𝟐 (−𝟑, 𝟎) 𝐒𝟏 (𝟑, 𝟎) x-axis
(−𝟑)𝟐 +(𝟎)𝟐 +𝟐𝐠(−𝟑) + 𝟐𝐟(𝟎) + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝟗 − 𝟔𝐠 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 iii
For 𝐒𝟑 𝟎, −𝟐 ;
eqn (i) implies;
𝐀(𝟎, 𝐚) = 𝐀(𝟎, −𝟐)
(𝟎)𝟐 +(−𝟐)𝟐 +𝟐𝐠(𝟎) + 𝟐𝐟(−𝟐) + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎
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subtracting equation (ii) and equation (iii), we get;

𝟏𝟐𝐠 = 𝟎
𝐠=𝟎

Substituting value of “g” in eqn (ii), we get; y-axis

Focus of parabola
𝟗 + 𝟔(𝟎) + 𝐜 = 𝟎 Equation???
𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎
𝐜 = −𝟗

Substituting value of “c” in eqn (iv), we get;

𝐒𝟐 (−𝟑, 𝟎) 𝐒𝟏 (𝟑, 𝟎) x-axis
𝟒 − 𝟒𝐟 + (−𝟗) = 𝟎
𝟓
𝐟=−
𝟒

𝐀(𝟎, 𝐚) = 𝐀(𝟎, −𝟐)

𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎

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Substituting value of “g” , “f” and “c” in eqn (i), we get;

𝟓
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐(𝟎)𝐱 + 𝟐 − 𝐲 + (−𝟗) = 𝟎
𝟒

𝟐
𝟓𝟐 y-axis
𝐱 +𝐲 − 𝐲−𝟗=𝟎
𝟐 Focus of parabola
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐Equation???
− 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎

𝐒𝟐 (−𝟑, 𝟎) 𝐒𝟏 (𝟑, 𝟎) x-axis

𝐀(𝟎, 𝐚) = 𝐀(𝟎, −𝟐)

𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎

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