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What is the slope of the tangent drawn to the hyperbola xy=a, a0 at the point a, 1?

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Important Questions on Hyperbola

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Let P be the point of intersection of the common tangents to the parabola y2=12x and the hyperbola  8x2-y2=8. If S and S' denote the foci of the hyperbola where S lies on the positive x-axis then P divides SS' in a ratio:
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If 2x-y+1=0 is a tangent to the hyperbola x2a2-y216=1 , then which of the following CANNOT be sides of a right angled triangle?
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If the line y=mx+73 is normal to the hyperbola x224-y218=1, then a value of m is:
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Let P3,3 be a point on the hyperbola, x2a2-y2b2=1. If the normal to it at P intersects the x-axis at 9,0 and e is its eccentricity, then the ordered pair a2,e2 is equal to:
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If the line 2x+6y=2 touches the hyperbola x2-2y2=4, then the point of contact is
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A line parallel to the straight line 2x-y=0 is tangent to the hyperbola x24y22=1 at the point x1, y1. Then x12+5y12 is equal to
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If the eccentricity of the standard hyperbola passing through the point (4,6) is 2, then the equation of the tangent to the hyperbola at (4,6) is:
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The distance between the tangents to the hyperbola x220-3y24=1 which are parallel to the line x+3y=7 is
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A hyperbola passes through the point P2,3 and has foci at ± 2,0. Then the tangent to this hyperbola at P also passes through the point
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The tangent at an extremity (in the first quadrant) of the latus rectum of the hyperbola x 2 4 - y 2 5 = 1 , meets the x-axis and y-axis at A and B, respectively. Then OA2-OB2, where O is the origin, equals 

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If the line y=m x+c is a common tangent to the hyperbola x2100-y264=1 and the circle x2+y2=36, then which one of the following is true?
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On a rectangular hyperbola x2-y2=a2,a>0, three points A, B, C are taken as follows : A=-a, 0 ; B and C are placed symmetrically with respect to the X-axis on the branch of the hyperbola not containing A. Suppose that the ΔABC is equilateral. If the side length of the ΔABC is ka, then k lies in the interval
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Let a and b be positive real numbers such that a>1 and b<a. Let P be a point in the first quadrant that lies on the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1. Suppose the tangent to the hyperbola at P passes through the point 1,0, and suppose the normal to the hyperbola at P cuts off equal intercepts on the coordinate axes. Let Δ denote the area of the triangle formed by the tangent at P, the normal at P and the x -axis. If e denotes the eccentricity of the hyperbola, then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
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If a hyperbola passes through the point P10,16, and it has vertices at ±6,0, then the equation of the normal to it at P, is.
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A tangent drawn to hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1 at Pπ6 forms a triangle of area 3a2 square units, with coordinate axes. If the eccentricity of hyperbola is e, then the value of e2-9 is
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Equation of a tangent to the hyperbola 5x2-y2=5 and which passes through an external point (2, 8) is
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Let P(4, 3) be a point on the hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1. If the normal at P intersects the X-axis at (16, 0), then the eccentricity of the hyperbola is
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Consider the hyperbola H:x2-y2=1 and a circle S with center Nx2,0. Suppose that H and S touch each other at point Px1,y1 with x1>1 & y1>0. The common tangent to H and S at P intersects the x-axis at point M. If l,m is the centroid of the triangle ΔPMN, then the correct expression(s) is (are)
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The equation of a tangent to the hyperbola, 4x2-5y2=20, parallel to the line x-y=2, is
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A square ABCD has all its vertices on the curve x2y2=1. The midpoints of its sides also lie on the same curve. Then, the square of area of ABCD is