JEE Main · 2020 · 09 Jan 2020 · Shift 1 · Ellipse

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If and are the eccentricities of the ellipse, and the hyperbola, respectively and is a point on the ellipse, , then is equal to:
  1. (A)16✓ Correct
  2. (B)14
  3. (C)17
  4. (D)15

Answer: (A)

Solution

For the ellipse the semi-axes give . For the hyperbola the eccentricity satisfies . Since the point lies on , substitute to get .

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