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    This document provides 13 exercises on ellipses from a math lecture video. The exercises cover writing the parametric equations of ellipses; finding the center, foci, axes, and eccentricity of ellipses given by standard and non-standard equations; finding equations of tangents, normals, and loci of points; and properties of families of ellipses. Students are asked to graph and analyze ellipses, find geometric relationships between points on ellipses, and manipulate equations into standard form.

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    This document provides 13 exercises on ellipses from a math lecture video. The exercises cover writing the parametric equations of ellipses; finding the center, foci, axes, and eccentricity of ellipses given by standard and non-standard equations; finding equations of tangents, normals, and loci of points; and properties of families of ellipses. Students are asked to graph and analyze ellipses, find geometric relationships between points on ellipses, and manipulate equations into standard form.

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    MATH 126 Module 3 - Exercise 2 - Ellipse

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    Department of Mathematics

    Math 126: Algebra and Geometry


    Module 3, Exercise 2 (Lecture Video 3: Ellipse 1 & 2)

    TK/EKAS/JB/KD/GAB
    21/7/21

    1. Write down the parametric equations of the following ellipses. Find their eccentrici-
    ties, foci and directrices.

    (a) 4x2 + 9y 2 = 4, (b) x2 /9 + y 2 /16 = 1, (c) x2 /7 + y 2 /14 = 1.

    2. By a suitable change of origin, show that the equation 9(x − 5)2 + 16(y + 3)2 = 144
    represent an ellipse and that the coordinates of the centre are (5, −3). Find the
    position vectors of the foci and the ends of the major and minor axes.

    3. A point moves in the Oxy−plane so that the sum of its distances from the points
    S(2, 2) and S ′ (6, 2) is 16. Find the equation of the curve traced by the point.

    4. The tangent at the point P (θ) on the ellipse x2 /4 + y 2 /3 = 1 passes through the point
    √ √
    A(2, 1). Show that 3 cos θ +sin θ = 3. Find all the solutions of this equation which
    are in the range 0 ≤ θ < 2π. Hence find the coordinates of the points of contact of
    the tangents to the ellipse from A.

    5. Find the eccentricity of the ellipse 3x2 + 4y 2 = 12 and the equation of the tangent to
    the ellipse at the point (1, 3/2). If this tangent meets the y-axis at the point G, and
    S and S ′ are the foci of the ellipse, find the area of triangle SS ′ G.

    6. Show that the tangents from the point with position vector −2i − 3j to the ellipse
    4x2 + 9y 2 = 36 are perpendicular.

    7. (a) Find the equations of the tangents to the ellipse x2 + 4y 2 = 9 which are parallel
    to the line 2x + 3y = 0.
    (b) Find the equations of the tangents to the ellipse 9x2 + 16y 2 = 36 which are
    perpendicular to the line x + y = 4. Find also the coordinates of the points of
    contact of these two tangents to the ellipse.

    8. The perpendicular OY is drawn from the centre O of the ellipse x2 /a2 + y 2 /b2 = 1 to
    any tangent. Prove that the locus of Y is

    (x2 + y 2 )2 = a2 x2 + b2 y 2 .

    9. Find the equations of the normal to the ellipse x2 + 4y 2 = 65 at the points (1, 4) and
    (7, 2). Find the equation of the straight line joining the intersection of the normals
    to the origin.

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    10. Find the Cartesian equation of the curve C traced out by a point whose coordinates,
    in terms of a parameter θ, are (a cos θ, b sin θ). Obtain the equations of the tangents
    at θ = θ1 and θ = θ1 + π/2.
    Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the two tangents, and deduce the
    Cartesian equation of its locus.

    11. If p is a parameter of positive numbers, show that all members of the family of ellipses

    x2 y2
    + =1
    a2 + p b 2 + p
    have the same foci.

    12. The normal at a point P of an ellipse, of which S is a focus, meets the ellipse again
    in Q, and the normal at Q meets the major axis in L. A line through L parallel to
    the line P Q meets SP in R. Prove that |SQ| = |SR|.

    13. Reduce each equation to standard form. Then find the coordinates of the center, the
    foci, the ends of the major and minor axes, and the ends of each latus rectum. Sketch
    the curve

    (a) x2 + 4y 2 + 6x + 16y + 21 = 0,
    (b) 16x2 + 4y 2 + 32x − 16y − 32 = 0,
    (c) 4x2 + 8y 2 − 4x − 24y − 13 = 0.

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