RAJASTHAN ­ PET Rajasthan PET Solved Paper-2010

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    If the eccentricity of hyperbola \[{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}se{{c}^{2}}\alpha =5\]is\[\sqrt{3}\]times the eccentricity of the ellipse\[{{x}^{2}}\text{ }se{{c}^{2}}\alpha +{{y}^{2}}=25,\]then value of \[\alpha \]is        

    A)  \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]

    B)  \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]

    C)  \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    D)  \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Let eccentricity of\[{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}se{{c}^{2}}\alpha =5\]is\[{{e}_{1}}\]and eccentricity of \[{{x}^{2}}se{{c}^{2}}\alpha +{{y}^{2}}=25\]is\[{{e}_{2}},\]then \[{{e}_{1}}=\sqrt{3}{{e}_{2}}\] (given) \[\Rightarrow \] \[e_{1}^{2}=3e_{2}^{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{5+5{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha }{5}=3.\frac{25-25{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha }{25}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[1+{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha =3-3{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha \] \[\Rightarrow \] \[4{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha =2\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha =\frac{1}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\cos \alpha =\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\Rightarrow \alpha =\frac{\pi }{4}\]


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