Find The Condition On a and b for Which Two Distinct Chords Of The Ellipse  passing Through (a, –b) Are Bisected By The Line x + y = b. 

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Question

Find the condition on a and b for which two distinct chords of the ellipse  passing through (a, –b) are bisected by the line x + y = b

Solution

Correct option is

 

Let (tb – t) be a point on the line x + y = b

Then equation of chord whose mid point (tb – t) is     

     

(a, –b) lies on (i) then  

     

     

Since t is real   

      

    

, which is the required condition.

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