BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2007

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    If e and e are the eccentricities of hyperbolas\[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{{{y}^{^{2}}}}{{{b}^{2}}}=1\] and its conjugate hyperbola, then the value of \[\frac{1}{{{e}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{e{{}^{2}}}\]is

    A)  0                            

    B)         1                            

    C)  2                            

    D)         none of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Key Idea: If e is eccentricity f hyperbola \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}=1,\]then \[e=\sqrt{1+\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}}.\] Since, e is eccentricity of hyperbola \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}=1\]                 \[\therefore \]  \[e=\sqrt{1+\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}}\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{e}^{2}}=1+\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=\frac{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}\] and e is eccentricity of hyperbola \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=1\] \[\therefore \]  \[e=\sqrt{1+\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{(e)}^{2}}=1+\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}=\frac{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}\] \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{1}{{{e}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{(e)}^{2}}}=\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}+\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}\] \[=\frac{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}=1\]


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