Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2013

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    If the line\[lx+my+n=0\]cuts the ellipse\[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{25}=1\]in points whose eccentoric angles differ by\[\frac{\pi }{2}\], then\[\frac{{{a}^{2}}{{l}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}{{m}^{2}}}{{{n}^{2}}}\]is equal to

    A)  1                                            

    B)  2

    C)  4                            

    D)        \[\frac{3}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Let the points of intersection of the line and the ellipse be\[(a\cos \theta ,\,\,b\sin \theta )\]and \[\left\{ a\cos \left( \frac{\pi }{2}+\theta  \right),\,\,b\sin \left( \frac{\pi }{2}+\theta  \right) \right\}\], since they lie on the given line\[lx+my+n=0\]. \[la\cos \theta +mb\sin \theta +n=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[la\cos \theta +mb\sin \theta =-n\] and        \[la\sin \theta +mb\cos \theta +n=0\]                 \[la\sin \theta -mb\cos \theta =n\] squaring and adding, we get, \[{{a}^{2}}{{l}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}{{m}^{2}}=2{{n}^{2}}\]   \[\Rightarrow \frac{{{a}^{2}}{{l}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}{{m}^{2}}}{{{n}^{2}}}=2\]


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