KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-8

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    The line \[2px+y\,\,\sqrt{1-{{p}^{2}}}=1,\] \[(\,\left| \,\,p\,\, \right|<1)\] for different values of p, touches :

    A) An ellipse of eccentricity \[\sqrt{3}/2\]

    B) An ellipse of eccentricity \[1/\sqrt{3}\]

    C) A hyperbola of eccentricity 2

    D) An ellipse or a hyperbola depending on p

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[2px+y\sqrt{1-{{p}^{2}}}=1\]
    i.e. \[y=-\frac{2p}{\sqrt{1-{{p}^{2}}}}x+\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-{{p}^{2}}}}\] ?. (i)
    Let \[m=-\frac{2p}{\sqrt{1-{{p}^{2}}}}.\] Then \[1-{{p}^{2}}=\frac{4}{4+{{m}^{2}}}\]
    \[\therefore \] Equation of the line (i) becomes
    \[y=mx+\frac{\sqrt{4+{{m}^{2}}}}{2}\]
    e.g. \[y=mx+\sqrt{\frac{{{m}^{2}}}{4}+1}\]
    \[\therefore \] The curve is an ellipse for which
    \[{{b}^{2}}=\frac{1}{4}\] and \[{{a}^{2}}=1\]
    \[\therefore \,\,\,{{e}^{2}}=\frac{3}{4}\]
    \[\therefore \,\,\,e=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\]


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