Q.

If the normal at one end of a latus rectum of the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 passes through one end of the minor axis, then e41-e2=____ (Here e is the eccentricity of the ellipse)

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a

1

b

3/2

c

2/3

d

1/2

answer is B.

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Let the ellipse be x2a2+y2b2=1(a>b)

Equation of normal at Lae, b2a is 

 axe-ay=a2e2  b2=a2(1-e2)

since it passes through (0, -b) then 

  0+ab=a2e2  b=ae2  b2=a2e4  a2(1-e2)=a2e4  e41-e2=1

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If the normal at one end of a latus rectum of the ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 passes through one end of the minor axis, then e41-e2=____ (Here e is the eccentricity of the ellipse)