JEE Main · 2023 · 24 Jan 2023 · Shift 2 · Ellipse

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Let a tangent to the Curve intersect the coordinate axes at the points A and B. Then, the minimum length of the line segment AB is

Answer: 7

Solution

The curve is the ellipse with . Its tangent at meets the axes at and , so . By AM–GM, , hence . The minimum length of is

JEE Main · 2023 · 24 Jan 2023 · Shift 2 · Integer answer

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