Basics of Ellipse
Basics of Ellipse: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Ellipse, Ellipse as a Conic Section, Chords of an Ellipse & Equation of Chord Joining Two Points of Ellipse etc.
Important Questions on Basics of Ellipse
If and are foci of an ellipse and the length of the major axis is , then the length of the minor axis is

The end points of the major axis of an ellipse are and . If the distance between foci of this ellipse is , then the equation of the ellipse is


The equation of the chord joining two points having eccentric angles an the ellipse is

An ellipse and the parabola are such that the two foci of the ellipse and the end points of the latusrectum of parabola are the vertices of a square. The eccentricity of the ellipse is

An ellipse with its minor and major axis parallel to the coordinate axes passes through and . One of its foci lies on the -axis. The eccentricity of the ellipse is

If an ellipse has its foci at and and its length of the latus rectum is , then the equation of the ellipse is

Let and be two points on the curves and respectively. Then the minimum value of the length is

If then the chord joining two points and on the ellipse will subtend a right angle at

A man running round a race course notes that the sum of the distances of two flag-posts from him is always and the distance between the flag-posts is The area of the encloses field (in square meters) by his path is


An ellipse, with foci at and and minor axis of length , passes through which of the following points?

The sum of distances of any point on the ellipse from its two directrix is

In an ellipse, with centre at the origin, if the difference of the lengths of major axis and minor axis is 10 and one of the foci is at then the length of its latus rectum is:

If the length of the major axis of an ellipse is times its minor axis, then eccentricity of the ellipse is

Consider an ellipse, whose centre is at the origin and its major axis is along the . If its eccentricity is and the distance between its foci is , then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral inscribed in the ellipse, with the vertices as the vertices of the ellipse, is:


If the foci and vertices of an ellipse be and then the minor axis of the ellipse is

The equation of an ellipse whose focus is , whose directrix is and whose eccentricity is , is given by

The length of the latus - rectum of the ellipse is
