If A bar Of Given Length Moves With Its Extremities On Two Fixed Straight Lines At Right Angles, Then The Locus Of Any Point On The Bar Describes a/an

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Question

If A bar of given length moves with its extremities on two fixed straight lines at right angles, then the locus of any point on the bar describes a/an

Solution

Correct option is

Ellipse

 

Let the fixed straight lines be along the coordinate axes and ABbe the bar of length l such that its extremities A(a, 0) and B(0, b) are on the coordinate axes. Then, 

        

Let P(hk) be a point marked on the bar such that it divides the bar AB in the ratio λ : 1. Then, 

       

  

Substituting these values in (i), we get 

       

Hence, the locus of P(hk) is   

      

  

which represents an ellipse.

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