Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is 6 and the length of the minor axis is 8, then the eccentricity is      .

    A) \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\]                                     

    B) \[\frac{1}{2}\]

    C) \[\frac{3}{5}\]                   

    D)        \[\frac{4}{5}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Here,\[2ae=6\]and\[2b=8\Rightarrow b=4\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{b}^{2}}=16\]  \[\Rightarrow \]  \[{{a}^{2}}(1-{{e}^{2}})=16\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{9}{{{e}^{2}}}(1-{{e}^{2}})=16\]   \[\Rightarrow \]   \[9-9{{e}^{2}}=16{{e}^{2}}\]


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