MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT – XI
CONIC SECTIONS
Q1. (a)Find the equation of the circle with centre (-2,3) and radius 4.
(b) Find the centre and radius of the circle x2 + y2 – x + 2y – 3 = 0.
Q2. Find the equation of a circle whose centre is (1,2) and which passes through the point
(4, 6).
Q3. Find the equation of the parabola, if
(a) The focus is at (0, 3) and the vertex is at (0, 0).
(b) Vertex at origin and the directrix y = 2.
Q4. A bridge has a parabolic arch that is 10 m high in the centre and 30 m wide at the bottom.
Find the height of the arch 6 m from the centre on either sides.
Q5. If the distance between the foci of a hyperbola is 16 and its eccentricity is √2, then obtain
its equation.
Q6. A bar of given length moves with its extremities on two fixed straight lines at right
angles. Prove that any point of the bar describes an ellipse.
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Q7. If the eccentricity of an ellipse is and the distance between its foci is 10, then
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find latus rectum of the ellipse.
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Q8. Find the equation of the set of all points whose distance from (0, 4) is 3 of their distance
from the line y = 9.
Q9. Find the equation of the ellipse whose centre is at the origin, the x-axis is the major axis
and which passes through the points (–3, 1) and (2, –2).
Q10. At what point on the parabola x2 = 9y is the abscissa three times that of ordinate?