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Q.

The eccentricity of an ellipse whose center is at the origin is 12. If one of its directrices is x=4, then

the equation of the normal to it at 1,32 is

 

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a

4x2y=1

b

4x+2y=7

c

x+2y=4

d

2yx=2

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

As x=ae=4

We have, a=4e=412=2

Againb2=a21e2=a2114=434=32

Thus the equation to ellipse is x24+y23=1

Differentiating w.r.t.x, we get

2x4+2y3dydx=0dydx=34xy

At 1,32,dydx=34123=12

So the slope of normal is 2. The equation is

y32=2(x1) i.e., 4x2y1=0

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