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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 $

Standard 11
Mathematics

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