BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2006

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    If the chords of contact of tangents from two points \[({{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}})\] and \[({{x}_{2}},{{y}_{2}})\] to the hyperbola  \[4{{x}^{2}}-9y-36=0\] are at right angles, then \[\frac{{{x}_{1}}{{x}_{2}}}{{{y}_{1}}{{y}_{2}}}\] is equal to:

    A) \[\frac{9}{4}\]                   

    B)         \[-\frac{9}{4}\]                

    C)  \[\frac{81}{16}\]                             

    D)         \[-\frac{81}{16}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The equation of hyperbola is \[4{{x}^{2}}-9{{y}^{2}}=36\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{9}-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{4}=1\]                                          ?.(i) The equation of the chord of contact of cangents from \[({{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}})\]and\[({{x}_{2}},{{y}_{2}})\]  to the given hyperbola are                 \[\frac{x{{x}_{1}}}{9}-\frac{y{{y}_{1}}}{4}=1\]                                     ?.(ii)                 and        \[\frac{x{{x}_{2}}}{9}-\frac{y{{y}_{2}}}{4}=1\]                     ?(iii) Lines (ii) and (m) are at right angles                 \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{4}{9}.\frac{{{x}_{1}}}{{{y}_{1}}}\times \frac{4}{9}.\frac{{{x}_{2}}}{{{y}_{2}}}=-1\]\[(\because \,{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}=-1)\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{{{x}_{1}}{{x}_{2}}}{{{y}_{1}}{{y}_{2}}}=-{{\left( \frac{9}{4} \right)}^{2}}\]                                 \[=-\frac{81}{16}\]


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