Find The Locus Of The Foot Of The Perpendicular Drawn From Centre Upon Any Tangent To The Ellipse .

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Question

Find the locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from centre upon any tangent to the ellipse .

Solution

Correct option is

 

Any tangent of  is  

         

Equation of the line perpendicular to (i) and passing through (0, 0) is                         

         

  

Substituting the value of m from (ii) in (i) then  

         

  

or changing to polars by putting  it becomes

        .

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