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10-2. Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola
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An ellipse having foci at $(3, 3) $ and $(- 4, 4)$ and passing through the origin has eccentricity equal to
A
$\frac{3}{7}\,$
B
$\frac{2}{7}\,$
C
$\frac{5}{7}\,$
D
$\frac{3}{5}\,$
Solution

$PS_1 + PS_2 = 2a$
$3\sqrt 2 \, + 4\sqrt 2 \,\, = \,2a$
$\therefore \,2a\, = \,7\sqrt 2 \,$
Also $2ae = S_1S_2 = \sqrt {1 + 49} \, = \,5\sqrt 2 \,$
$\therefore \,\frac{{2ae}}{{2a}}\,\, = \,\,\frac{{5\sqrt 2 }}{{7\sqrt 2 }}\,\, = \,\frac{5}{7}\, = e $
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