A common tangent to the conics $x^2=6 y$ and $2 x^2-4 y^2=9$ is:

A common tangent to the conics $x^2=6 y$ and $2 x^2-4 y^2=9$ is:
  1. $x-y=\frac{3}{2}$
  2. $x+y=1$
  3. $x+y=\frac{9}{2}$
  4. $x-y=1$

Solution

$ \begin{aligned} &x^2-6 y \\ &2 x^2-4 y^2=9 \end{aligned} $ Consider the line, $ x-y=\frac{3}{2} $ On solving (i) and (iii), we get only $ x=3, y=\frac{3}{2} $ Hence $\left(3, \frac{3}{2}\right)$ is the point of contact of conic (i), and line (iii) On solving (ii) and (iii), we get only $x=3$, $ y=\frac{3}{2} $ Hence $\left(3, \frac{3}{2}\right)$ is also the point of contact of conic (ii) and line (iii). Hence line (iii) is the common tangent to both the given conics

Asked in: JEE Main 2013 (25 Apr Online)

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