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JEE Main 2015 · 10 Apr · Shift 1, Mathematics question 82

An ellipse passes through the foci of the hyperbola, 9x2−4y2=369x^2-4y^2=36 and its major and minor axes lie along the transverse and conjugate axes of the hyperbola respectively. If the product of eccentricities of the two conics is 12\dfrac12, then which of the following points does not lie on the ellipse ?

Choose one option
Answer and worked solution

Official answer: C

The hyperbola x24−y29=1\frac{x^2}4-\frac{y^2}9=1 has e=132e=\frac{\sqrt{13}}2 and foci (±13,0)(\pm\sqrt{13},0). So the ellipse has a=13a=\sqrt{13} and e=113e=\frac1{\sqrt{13}}, giving b2=13−1=12b^2=13-1=12:
x213+y212=1.\frac{x^2}{13}+\frac{y^2}{12}=1.
Checking the points:

  • (392,3)\left(\frac{\sqrt{39}}2,\sqrt3\right): 34+14=1\frac34+\frac14=1, on the ellipse.
  • (132,6)\left(\sqrt{\frac{13}2},\sqrt6\right): 12+12=1\frac12+\frac12=1, on the ellipse.
  • (132,32)\left(\frac{\sqrt{13}}2,\frac{\sqrt3}2\right): 14+116≠1\frac14+\frac1{16}\ne1, not on it.